Managing risk in today’s IoT landscape: not a one-and-done

The reality of securing IoT over time It’s difficult to imagine any aspect of everyday life that isn’t affected by the influence of connectivity. The number of businesses that are using IoT is growing at a fast pace. By 2021, approximately 94 percent of businesses will be using IoT. Connectivity...

The effects of climate change on cybersecurity

Outside the coronavirus pandemic and its related healthcare and economic fallout, climate change and cybersecurity are seen by many as the two most urgent problems facing our planet now and in the near future. They are two distinct and separate problems, to be sure. There are some areas, however,...

Akamai Attends The Massachusetts Clean Energy Preview with Governor Baker

On January 22 - the day after the 2020 Massachusetts State of the Commonwealth speech - Akamai's Sustainability team participated in a clean energy legislative preview with Governor Baker and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Theoharides of Massachusetts, Ceres, and other key business...

REBA and VERGE 2019: Climate Action Through Partnership and Innovation

This October at the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance REBA and Verge conferences in Oakland, California, Akamai had the opportunity to actively engage with 3,000 of our like-minded sustainability peers on making incremental environmental change. To no surprise, I witnessed passionate dialogue arou...

Akamai's Innovation and Collaboration In Renewable Energy

The energy footprint of the IT sector is estimated at 7% of global electricity consumption, according to Greenpeace International. And, although the data center and colocation industry is a small segment of the IT sector, it represents a large portion of its power consumption. By 2020, the power...

Akamai Partners with Supplier To Meet Sustainability Goals

Akamai strives to mitigate the impact of our operations while maximizing and enhancing the benefits of our sustainable business practices. We are working hard to hit our sustainability goals by: creating a more sustainable platform through reducing network energy intensity by way of engineering...

NREL EnergyPlus

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.1 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL Equipment: EnergyPlus Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary...

renewableenergy.conferencesnest.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-691659 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| renewableenergy.conferencesnest.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79...

renewablenergypartners.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-580057 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| renewablenergypartners.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Not created yet Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

600 Powerful Bitcoin-Mining Computers Worth $2 Million Stolen In Iceland

Around 600 powerful devices specifically designed for mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stolen from Icelandic data centers in what has been dubbed the "Big Bitcoin Heist." To make a profit, so far criminals have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges, spread mining malware, and...

Here's Why Microsoft Drops a Cloud Data Center Under the Ocean

Where tech companies like Facebook and Google prefer to move their data centers to colder countries to reduce their air conditioning bill, Microsoft has come up with an even better home for data centers while cutting high energy costs for cooling them: Under the Sea. Here's what Microsoft says:...

renewableenergyhub.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.renewableenergyhub.co.uk/search-site Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 26.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 956973 Google Pagerank| 0 VIP website status:| No Check...

Schneider Electric MiCOM S1 Studio Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Overview This advisory provides mitigation details for a vulnerability affecting the Schneider Electric MiCOM S1 Studio Software. Independent researcher Michael Toecker of Digital Bond has identified an improper authorization vulnerability in the MiCOM S1 Studio Software using the Microsoft Attac...

ENISA Outlines Security Regulations for EU Smart Grid Expansion

The European Union has set a series of ambitious goals for itself: by 2020, the 27 member states expect to collectively use 20 percent renewable energy, reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent, and increase energy efficiency by 20 percent. In order to accomplish these goals, Europe will need to perfor...