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Announcing Akamai's 2030 Sustainability Goals
There are 4.66 billion yes, with a B internet users. Rough math will tell us that's three in every five people around the world -- talk about lessening the six degrees. I see head nods and shoulder shrugs. 4.66 billion people?...
Emerging Edge Computing Use Cases
The first rule of edge compute thought leadership is: don't overuse the term edge. Over the course of my blog series on the topic, I have defined the edge, explained edge computing, and discussed the economics of edge computing...
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...
Sensor Architecture Can Help Keep Us Up and Running: Part 2
Previously, I introduced the field of sensor systems architecture and posed a real world example scenario of the unnecessary resource costs and hazards that can happen when the deployment of sensors isn't carefully thought out...
Internalship Program
In today's workplace, the landscape is a fast-paced, competitive environment, and today's employees are frequently on the hunt for growth opportunities...
Timers, Metrics, and Dimensions: What's New for mPulse in 2020
The October 2020 release marks the culmination of a large number of updates to mPulse, Akamai's real user monitoring RUM solution:...
When Hackers Take Advantage of Your Trusted Vendors
As JavaScript-based client-side attacks continue to evolve, we see how attackers are getting more sophisticated and employing more advanced techniques. Unfortunately, it has been proven many times that any website partner can be exploited to carry out an attack. In the past month, we witnessed on...
When Hackers Take Advantage of Your Trusted Vendors
As JavaScript-based client-side attacks continue to evolve, we see how attackers are getting more sophisticated and employing more advanced techniques. Unfortunately, it has been proven many times that any website partner can be exploited to carry out an attack. In the past month, we witnessed on...
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) – Risks and Solutions
Leverage the benefits of VDI without opening yourself to security risk. Guardicore provides user access management and microsegmentation for Citrix...
XMR Cryptomining Targeting x86/i686 Systems
I have been playing close attention to Internet of Things IoT malware targeting systems with Telnet enabled, while also collecting samples targeting systems with SSH enabled on port 22. I've collected over 650 samples landing in my honeypot within the...
Pykspa v2 DGA updated to become selective
Additional research and information provided by Asaf Nadler Recent changes to the Pykspa v2 domain generation algorithm DGA have made it more selective. Akamai researchers have tracked these changes and believe that part of the reason for selective domain generation...
Catch Me If You Can: Evasive and Defensive Techniques in Phishing
Phishing is a multifaceted type of attack, aimed at collecting usernames and passwords, personal information, or sometimes both. Yet, these attacks only work so long as the phishing kit itself remains hidden. Phishing is a numbers game and time is...
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 ...
17 Essential Skills for Performance Engineers
Most people in the performance engineering field agree that our skillset is derived from an intersection of disciplines that include testing, optimization, and systems engineering...
Planning for the End of 2016: A Leap Second and the End-of-Support for SHA-1 TLS Certificates
A leap second and the final end of browser support for SHA-1 TLS certificates will happen and can potentially break software systems and applications...
From Recon to Free Flights: Precision Prompt Attacks on AI Agents
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When AI Models Outgrow Storage
Discover how Akamai Object Storage absorbs high-frequency machine data, mitigates egress costs, and scales production AI model outputs...
Putting CLIMATE into Practice: Building an Inventory Management Plan
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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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AI Pulse: How Big Tech Impacts AI Bot Traffic
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The Rise of the LLM AI Scrapers: What It Means for Bot Management
Explore the rise of LLM AI scrapers and learn how to adapt to growing bot traffic with data-backed insights from our research...
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...
Guidance on the Critical OpenSSH Vulnerability regreSSHion
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The 8 Most Common Causes of Data Breaches
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Akamai’s Perspective on April’s Patch Tuesday 2024
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How to Dramatically Simplify PCI DSS Compliance
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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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The Akamai Foundation Continues to Give Back and Amplify Impact
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Discover the 3 Trends Driving API Security Compliance
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Akamai Security Solutions — Everywhere Your Business Meets the World
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API Security: Best Practices for API Activity Data Acquisition
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Safeguarding Patient Health Data Means Balancing Access and Security
Increased access to health data can leave providers and insurers vulnerable to data breaches, so it’s vital to invest in cybersecurity that can protect networks...
Women Can Make a Difference in the Field of Data Science
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Mute the Sound: Chaining Vulnerabilities to Achieve RCE on Outlook: Pt 1
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Improve Performance with HTTP/2 Stream Prioritization
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Taking Action on Climate Change at Climate Week NYC 2023
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Prioritizing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain for Healthcare Resiliency
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Akamai’s Perspective on September’s Patch Tuesday 2023
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Media IT Leaders Say Distributed Cloud Will Boost Performance, Lower Cost
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The Power of Proximity: Local DDoS Scrubbing Centers Enhance Security
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Proxyjacking: The Latest Cybercriminal Side Hustle
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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...
Embracing Change with Akamai Connected Cloud
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Attack Superhighway: A Deep Dive on Malicious DNS Traffic
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What Challenges Will 2023 Bring for Cyber?
In 2023, the tech industry must address workforce diversity, manage cyber risks and regulations, and understand how innovation can challenge cyber resiliency...
You’ve Crossed the Line — Disturbing a Host’s Rest
Akamai researchers explore two new vulnerabilities that can be exploited to lead to denial-of-service attacks against container and session services...