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Attack of the Killer ROBOT
On Dec 12th, 2017, researchers Hanno Böck, Juraj Somorovsky and Craig Young published a paper detailing an attack they called the Return Of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat ROBOT. This attack, as the name implies, is an extension of an attack published in 1998 that affects systems using certain...
Balance traffic intelligently by leveraging Application Layer (Layer 7) and DNS Layer (Layer 3) logic
Gaining new customers and retaining existing ones is at the core of every business. In the past few years, two major trends have emerged in this drive towards customer centricity To meet the ever increasing customer demands, most modern digital applications leverage microservice architecture to...
The PhotoMiner Campaign
In this report we will share our research on the PhotoMiner’s timelines, infection strategies, C&C servers and provide tools to help detect the malware...
Analyzing a Go-Based IoT Self-Propagating DDoS Botnet
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The New Face of Financial Fraud: AI-Powered Brand Abuse
AI-powered brand abuse is hitting banks hard. Read about the threats, the business impact, and how Akamai Brand Guardian helps financial institutions fight back...
Akamai Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2026
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Secure Healthcare Networks with Zero Trust Device Segmentation
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Akamai Security Hub: Operational Intelligence for Modern Security Teams
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What Changes When You Move Your Logic to the Smarter, More Connected Edge?
Discover how moving logic like mass redirects, data transformation, and bot triage to Akamai Functions lowers latency, reduces origin load, and cuts costs...
AI Survey: 50% of Organizations Struggle to Maintain Latency at Scale
The Akamai State of AI Inference report captures real data from the field that describes how AI inference is being built and scaled in production today...
Winning the Ransomware Race: The New Segmentation Partner Playbook
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Build Serverless Functions with Zero Cold Starts: WebAssembly and Spin
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Consistent Security Everywhere: Akamai Makes Leading WAF Technology CDN-Agnostic
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DDoS Attack Trends in 2024 Signify That Sophistication Overshadows Size
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Protect and Elevate Your DNS with Akamai Shield NS53
Learn how Akamai Shield NS53 can protect your capital investment into on-premises DNS infrastructure and significantly improve performance...
Healthcare Needs To Be Laser-Focused on API Security and Its Blind Spots
API-powered tools can enhance patient access to healthcare services, but these tools also introduce risk. Learn how to protect your organization...
API Cyberattacks: A Growing Threat for Organizations in Latin America
Learn about the growing threat of API cyberattacks and their effect on industries across Latin America...
Stop Scrapers and Scalpers with Akamai Content Protector
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Monolith Versus Microservices: Weigh the Pros and Cons of Both Configs
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How to Defend Against Account Opening Abuse
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Get EdgeWorkers Error Reports with mPulse
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Understanding International Revenue Share Fraud
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Zero Trust: Better Cybersecurity Insurance and Lower Healthcare Costs
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Akamai Announces Advanced Bot Detections, Global Recognition of Entities
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Slipping Through the Security Gaps: The Rise of Application and API Attacks
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What Is Cloud Architecture?
What is cloud architecture? And what types of clouds are there? Cloud architecture defines how all the components that enable cloud computing come together...
Healthcare Organizations Must Balance Cybersecurity with Other Priorities
Porter Research finds that today’s healthcare organizations must balance investments in data protection with resources they need to provide high-quality care...
3 Ransomware Questions Every Security Leader Should Be Able to Answer
Read about how organizations need microsegmentation to identify and remediate ransomware attacks, and the ransomware questions they need to answer...
Elevate Streaming Media with EdgeWorkers and Macrometa Stream Workers
Elevate players’ gaming experiences with Akamai EdgeWorkers and Macrometa Stream Workers...
A Closer Look at Ransomware Attack Trends in APJ
Read about the surge of ransomware as a service RaaS cyberattack trends in APJ, and the infamous and prolific Conti group’s role in them...
Meet Prachi Shah, Senior Service Architect
Senior Service Architect Prachi Shah discusses how customer feedback plays a crucial role in product development at Akamai...
Akamai: Protecting Life Online with Secure Internet Access
Easily deliver value-added security services to families and businesses with Akamai Secure Internet Access services for ISPs and MNOs...
Picture-Perfect Gaming Experience for WorldMatch
WorldMatch, a games and content provider for global markets, collaborates with some of the biggest international casinos. Headquartered in Italy and in operation since 2003, the gaming provider boasts a portfolio of more than 200 games, 160 slot machines with 70 game engines, 30 table games, and...
What’s New for Developers: January 2022
Hello, and welcome to our very first Developer Community update of 2022. In this new monthly series, we’ll share highlights of what is happening across the Akamai Developer Community. Since this is the first blog we’re posting, we will also catch up on news from October 2021 through today...
Discover and Announce: A Serverless Location Application Built on Akamai IoT Edge Connect
Learn about Discover and Announce, a 100% serverless application built on Akamai IoT Edge Connect, which can run entirely on the Akamai edge...
Cyber Monday Web Traffic Up Over 2020
Online retail traffic that Akamai delivered during Cyber Monday was up 5% globally compared to Cyber Monday 2020 and 31% compared to average Monday traffic...
Healthcare Modernization? More Like Building the Plane While Flying It
Anyone running a business is likely familiar with the phrase “building the plane as you’re flying it.” And through the craziness of the past 19 months, many of us lived the phrase, becoming pilots and engineers of our new realities overnight...
Akamai App & API Protector: Maximize Security Through Simplicity
Building incredible digital experiences often involves leveraging serverless edge computing, microservices-based architectures, IaaS environments, client-side functionality, and APIs. These modern development practices, while designed to produce highly personalized, fast, and always-on user...
Kinsing evolves, adds Windows to attack list
The campaign was first seen by the Akamai SIRT on February 16, 2021, and appears to be targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The botnet caught our interest because it has shown to be highly active across a diverse set of geographical regions, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia...
Dogged Persistence—The Name of the Game for One DDoS Attacker
With DDoS, we typically observe a moderate degree of attacker persistence. DDoS attacks are relatively easy to launch from a number of online booter services, and the availability of cryptocurrencies for payment has made it easy to remain anonymous. Attackers can try their hand at DDoS for little...
What A Funny App I Got Here!
When you hear the word "malware", the first thing that might come to your mind is a PC or laptop. You think about some weird advertising pop-ups or unrecognized processes running in the background...
How Enigmo Moved Logic from Client to Origin to Edge
Enigmo owns BUYMA, a Japanese fashion C2C marketplace that helps people buy and sell high-quality goods from overseas on www.buyma.com...
Akamai Recognized as 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Web Application Firewalls
Akamai has been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Web Application Firewalls for the second time...
Act Against Geopiracy with Enhanced Proxy Detection
According to the description, the service is a virtual private network VPN desktop application and proxy browser extension that helps viewers mask their physical location, circumvent censorship, and restore access to blocked content...
Inspiring the Next Generation with DigiGirlz
DigiGirlz is an initiative organized by Microsoft to engage girls in technological education and careers. The initiative, which launched in 2000, consists of two main programs: DigiGirlz Day and High Tech Camp. This program has been a cornerstone of Microsoft's community engagement for more than ...
Akamai + Fingerbank: How an open source community can transform security
Isn't it amazing how seemingly simple decisions can have far-reaching effects? When the Inverse team in Montreal took over PacketFence in 2008, it was an open source OS solution...
Can Edge Computing Exist Without the Edge? Part 2: Edge Computing
In part 1 of this series, I drew the architectural distinction between a centralized cloud platform and a distributed edge network. This is an important foundation upon which to explain the difference between cloud computing and edge computing. The two serve very different and complementary...
What's New in Edge Delivery
Welcome to day two of the Akamai Platform Update! Today, we're focusing on Akamai's edge delivery products as well as other complimentary products that help drive great digital experiences. The last several months have been nothing short of unprecedented as lockdowns, quarantines, and other...
Every Application Should Be Behind a WAF
It's no secret that security threats continue to expand in volume and variety, making headlines on virtually a daily basis. From nation-state attacks, corporate espionage, and data exfiltration campaigns to all-in-one and sneaker bot campaigns, businesses across the globe find themselves dealing...