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SOTI Research: Gaming In A Pandemic
Welcome to the second edition of SOTI Research. In this edition, we look at the attacks and trends in the gaming industry during 2020. SOTI Research is a condensed, shorter version of our traditional State of the Internet / Security reports, offering focused data points and contextual awareness...
How Does Ransomware Actually Spread?
We all know the damage ransomware can do - but how does ransomware actually spread? Our blog shows you how - and how it can be stopped...
Finding the Cracks in the Wall - How Modern Scams Bypass MFA
In my previous blog, I discussed the important role multi-factor authentication MFA plays in further securing access to enterprise and consumer services. We also established the fact that although MFA increases authentication security and decreases the risk of account takeover, MFA can, and is,...
Another Golang Crypto Miner On the Loose
There are many crypto mining malware variants infecting systems on the internet. On Friday, March 4, 2021, I noticed an interesting hit in my honeypot logs. The binary it captured stood out, as it was rather large at 4MB. I immediately thought it would be a crypto miner written in the Go language...
Optimizing For Performance, One Hire at a Time: Part 3
Having previously decided we need to make a new hire onto our team, part 1 of this series examined how to meet the needs of our team going into the future, instead of just adding surface visible technical skills...
Safeguard Identity Data at the Source
Leverage Identity Cloud's built-in tooling to safeguard your customers' data from unnecessary exposure When your customers create an account on your website or application, they are entrusting their valuable information with you in order to establish a relationship. To maintain that relationship,...
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...
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Nuisance DDoS Attacks in the Games Industry
At Akamai, we talk a lot about DDoS attacks. It's because we're pretty good at handling them. We've stopped many of the world's biggest attacks. And, while less common, they get a lot of attention. But we can also stop the world's smallest attacks. And we stop lots of them. It's these smaller...
Rethinking Defensive Strategy at the Edge, Part 3: Strategies for Protective Action
Our three-part blog series, Re-thinking Defensive Strategy at the Edge, has been focusing on outlining a new defensive edge strategy for today's enterprise. We began with a discussion of data and indicators. Most recently, our second post focused on using risk signals and correlating them for...
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...
Women's Foundation of Boston Empowerment Webinar for Girls and Young Women
Akamai is thrilled to have been the lead sponsor for the recent Women's Foundation of Boston Empowerment Webinar for Girls and Young Women: Girl Decoded: An Intimate Conversation with Author Rana el Kaliouby about finding your voice, pursuing education and excelling as a woman in STEM...
The Only Constant Is Change -- Rethinking Secure Access for a New Workforce
It seems like a long time ago now when IT teams had their annual strategy meeting, where topics related to network modernization with SASE or SD-WANs, remote access, threat prevention, and cloud adoption were likely discussed. COVID-19, however, has caused a lot of these initiatives to take a...
This Isn't the Phishing Your First Boss Knew
Phishing has been around for nearly as long as email has, and the perception that phishing tactics have not evolved persists. Many people believe we are still in the era of the easy-to-spot "Nigerian prince" emails, shown below. Underneath that, we see a highly creative, yet not any more...
Phishing Attacks Against Facebook / Google via Google Translate
When it comes to phishing, criminals put a lot of effort into making their attacks look legitimate, while putting pressure on their victims to take action. In today's post, we're going to examine a recent phishing attempt against me personally...
Recursive DNS - The Achilles Heel Of Advanced Threats
We all know what happens whenever anyone or anything tries to access a resource on the Internet. It all starts with a DNS request that translates a URL www.akamai.com into an IP address 104.97.77.24: Now if we dive a little deeper into the DNS request flow we can see the requester make a request ...
The 'Audience of You' at NAB
It's all about the "audience of you" as Akamai gears up for next week's 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas. With that phrase, we're talking about helping to deliver the best possible experiences for each and every OTT video viewer. It's not an easy thing to do, but we're demonstrating a host of new...
What You Need to Know About Caching Video Series
In this "unofficial" video series, Akamai Solutions Engineers Tedd Smith and CJ Arnesen explain the basics of caching: what it is, why it's important, and how to get the most out of it. A great introduction to Akamai, caching, and content delivery network CDN basics, this series supplements Akama...
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...
When AI Models Outgrow Storage
Discover how Akamai Object Storage absorbs high-frequency machine data, mitigates egress costs, and scales production AI model outputs...
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...
Observing the Anatomy of Peak Traffic
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Akamai Wins Best Sales Leadership Development Program from Brandon Hall
Learn how Akamai's award-winning sales leadership development program transforms sales managers into impactful coaches, driving growth and performance...
The Hidden Costs and Ethical Pitfalls of Content Scraping
Read about the significant hidden costs and ethical pitfalls of content scraping — and learn how to protect your website...
Edge Computing and 5G: Emerging Technology Shaping the Future of IT
Learn how and why enterprise businesses are using edge computing and 5G to deliver better digital experiences for their customers...
Akamai Launches Early Hints to Further Boost User Experience and SEO
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Akamai Doubles Down on API Security
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Using Our Environmental Management System to Create a Sustainable Future
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The 8 Most Common Causes of Data Breaches
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Shield NS53 Protects Your Origin DNS Infrastructure from NXDOMAIN Attacks
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Honey, I Lost My Credentials! Finding Plaintext Credentials on the Internet
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Discover the 3 Trends Driving API Security Compliance
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Enhance Customers’ Security Posture: Akamai SOCC Advanced Service
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Will VPN Security Vulnerabilities Accelerate ZTNA Adoption?
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Stop Scrapers and Scalpers with Akamai Content Protector
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API Security: Best Practices for API Activity Data Acquisition
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Improve Performance with HTTP/2 Stream Prioritization
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Monolith Versus Microservices: Weigh the Pros and Cons of Both Configs
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Akamai’s Perspective on November’s Patch Tuesday 2023
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Understanding International Revenue Share Fraud
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ZEROgrid: A Dependable, Cost-Effective, Low-Emission Power System
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Akamai’s Perspective on July’s Patch Tuesday 2023
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Akamai Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Network Edge Security as a Service
Akamai was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for delivering cloud security without performance trade-offs via our mature application security portfolio...
Analyzing Broken User Authentication Threats to JSON Web Tokens
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New Magecart-Style Campaign Abusing Legitimate Websites to Attack Others
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The Dark Frost Enigma: An Unexpectedly Prevalent Botnet Author Profile
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The Race to Patch: Attackers Leverage Sample Exploit Code in WordPress Plug-in
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Akamai Announces Advanced Bot Detections, Global Recognition of Entities
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Attack Superhighway: A Deep Dive on Malicious DNS Traffic
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