Scammers Abuse Google Drive to Send Malicious Links

Scammers are leveraging a legitimate Google Drive collaboration feature to trick users into clicking on malicious links. According to reports,, the recent attack stems from Google Drive’s legitimate collaboration feature, which allows users to create push notifications or emails that invite peopl...

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month and there is still a lot to do

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM. And there is still a lot to do! For the last 17 years, the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM campaign, driven by the Department of Homeland Security, has raised awareness about the importance of cyber security across the Nation...

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month and there is still a lot to do

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM. And there is still a lot to do! For the last 17 years, the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM campaign, driven by the Department of Homeland Security, has raised awareness about the importance of cyber security across the Nation...

The World Has Moved Online. Has Your Business Adapted?

What would happen if everything we do in the world were to suddenly go online? We got the answer to that question early this year, when the global coronavirus pandemic forced almost everyone and everything to move online: commerce, meetings with colleagues and customers, classroom learning,...

How the Pandemic is Reshaping the Bug Bounty Landscape

The pandemic has overhauled the bug-bounty landscape, both for companies looking to adopt such programs and the bounty hunters themselves. Casey Ellis, founder and CTO of Bugcrowd, said that COVID-19’s far-reaching implications — including increasing the acceptance of remote work, pushing more...

Majority of Microsoft 365 Admins Don't Enable MFA

Up to 78 percent of Microsoft 365 administrators do not have multi-factor authentication MFA security measures enabled. A recent report by CoreView Research also found that 97 percent of all total Microsoft 365 users do not use MFA, shedding a grim light on the security issues inherent with the...

Code42 Incydr Series: Secure data in the age of remote work

As 2020 began, security leaders were already abuzz about the data security for the growing remote workforce. Fast forward to today, and nearly half of the U.S. labor force is now WFH full time. A recent study by OpenVPN shows 90% of IT and Security pros believe that remote workers are not secure ...

5G, Security, IoT, Asavie and Akamai

Malicious actors never seem to rest and have always worked remotely. That simple realization hit home during recent global events. Specifically, Akamai saw an increase in malware traffic of over 400% between March 9, 2020 and May 11, 2020 from corporate devices, most of which were being used...

5G, Security, IoT, Asavie, and Akamai

Malicious actors never rest and have always worked remotely. That simple realization hit home during recent global events. Specifically, Akamai saw an increase in malware traffic of over 400% between March 9 and May 11, 2020 from corporate devices, most of which were being used outside of a...

Confronting Data Risk in the New World of Work

As IT and security professionals, COVID-19 pushed most of us into a “just make it work” mode for much of 2020. We quickly scaled up the use of collaboration platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Slack, recognizing that circumstances demanded some short-term risk tolerance. It’s...

Microsoft is the Most-Imitated Brand for Phishing Emails

Microsoft is top of the heap when it comes to hacker impersonations – with Microsoft products and services featuring in nearly a fifth of all global brand phishing attacks in the third quarter of this year. That’s according to Check Point, which found that the computing giant leapt from fifth pla...

Announcing the Zero Trust Deployment Center

Organizations have been digitally transforming at warp speed in response to the way businesses operate and how people work. As a result, digital security teams have been under immense pressure to ensure their environments are resilient and secure. Many have turned to a Zero Trust security model t...

Announcing the Zero Trust Deployment Center

Organizations have been digitally transforming at warp speed in response to the way businesses operate and how people work. As a result, digital security teams have been under immense pressure to ensure their environments are resilient and secure. Many have turned to a Zero Trust security model t...

India Witnessed Spike in Cyber Attacks Amidst Covid-19 - Here's Why?

The COVID-19 outreach is turning out to be not only health, social, and economic hazard but also a cybersecurity crisis. The pandemic has presented new challenges for businesses in the areas of remote collaboration and business continuity. With increased remote working for better business...

What's New in Security, Part 2

Welcome to the Akamai Platform Update! We're presenting an entire week of learning about Akamai's recent product updates. Each day, we'll highlight our latest innovations in each area of the Akamai Intelligent Platform. You may have already read Renny Shen's fantastic blog walking through day 1 o...

Office 365: A Favorite for Cyberattack Persistence

Threat actors are consistently leveraging legitimate services and tools from within Microsoft Office 365 to pilfer sensitive data and launch phishing, ransomware, and other attacks across corporate networks from a persistent position inside the cloud-based suite, new research has found. Office 36...

A Self-Service Password Reset Project Can Be A Quick Win For IT

Since the beginning of this year, organizations' IT staff have faced numerous challenges and an increased workload as a result of the global pandemic and shift to a mainly remote workforce. Supporting end-users that are now working from home has introduced new challenges in troubleshooting since ...

The Future of Remote Work: Connecting Security and IT — Webinar Highlights

The unforeseen global health crisis of 2020 has driven radical changes in most organizations. With empty offices and business pressure building, enterprises are forced to rapidly adapt to new working environments. Almost all non-essential employees are now working remotely, and this trend is like...

Risky business: survey shows majority of people use work devices for personal use

There’s no denying the coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the way we use technology. Some changes feel like a subtle acceleration of behavioral shifts that were already well underway i.e. more online shopping and more streaming TV/movies. Other changes are more extreme and we’...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020: Top Resources on “If You Connect it, Protect it”

Leaves are turning red and gold, the temperature is dropping, and the smell of pumpkin spice is filling the air. It’s officially October! which also means it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month CAM 2020. Now in its 17th year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an annual campaign that raises awareness o...