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We Love Our Customers!
Here in the States, we often get our dry cleaning returned on hangers that say "We Love Our Customers." I once inadvertently brought one into the office back in the day, and our team displayed it prominently on a shelf, because it's true. Meeting with customers is the best part of my job here at...
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...
Managing Traffic From the Outset: How GTM Can Make Your Deployments Easier
Global Traffic Management, or GTM, is a DNS-based load balancing service that offers application owners a level of flexibility and insight that is unmatched by traditional on-prem solutions...
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...
NSX-T vs. NSX-V – Key Differences and Pitfalls to Avoid
Learn the difference between VMware’s segmentation offerings, NSX-T vs NSX-V, and understand the several potential pitfalls that are important to consider before deployment...
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...
Preventing the Top Data Center Breaches
Data center breaches can seem impossible to avoid, but good data center security can seriously reduce your risk. We look at famous breaches Equifax, Yahoo, & more...
Edge DNS Secondary Implementation: Order or Operations for NS Zone & Registrar Records
Akamai's Edge DNS service provides cloud-based, authoritative domain services to thousands of organizations. Edge DNS is the most widely deployed cloud DNS service pushed to the edge of the Internet. Every organization must protect their domain name. Akamai originally built Fast DNS now Edge DNS ...
Akamai India's StandTall Program
Diversity and Inclusion is a mission-critical goal at Akamai. In support of this goal, the India Learning and Development team in collaboration with the Women's Forum India employee resource group, launched an initiative that aims to foster a culture of...
Giving Back through Danny Lewin Community Care Days
Akamai was fortunate to have Danny Lewin as a co-founder and role model for our business, our culture, and our sense of adventure and accomplishment. It was Danny who helped to instill the Big Idea that we would change the...
We Are Akamai: What Led Us Here
About Akamai and the blog We are the people at the heart of the internet. Every day, we work together to protect our customers, deliver ultimate experiences in the digital world, and connect people from far corners of the planet...
How to Make Your Demo Environment Easy, Accessible...AND Secure
A common misconception I've heard in the field is that a tradeoff exists between easy access for applications and network security. For example, companies want to allow their sales team, partners, and prospects access into demo environments. With traditional access solutions, there is a question ...
Passing the Online Torch from Rio to PyeongChang
Lighting the flame marks the beginning of PyeongChang, commemorating the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus stealing fire from Zeus, and connecting the games to its predecessors. The lighting ceremony has provided some of the most iconic moments, such as Muhammad Ali lighting the flame in Atlanta i...
Introduction to DNS Data Exfiltration
Written by Asaf Nadler and Avi Aminov Updated 2/14/19 After the initial publication of this blog post, Asaf Nadler and Avi Aminov wrote a paper on the detection of malicious and low throughput data exfiltration over the DNS protocol. The...
How to Build Virtual Python Environment
In the DevOps world, getting a consistent development environment is crucial. In this post, I'll show you how to set up a virtual Python environment and install the correct libraries to achieve a consistent development environment...
Update: Vulnerability found in Apache Struts
Akamai has created two new WAF rules in response to new information about the Apache Struts2 vulnerability. The first rule, the most recent version of KRS Rule 3000014, is a standard part of the Kona Ruleset and protects against the many common attacks leveraging this vulnerability. This rule is...
0.2 BTC Strikes Back, Now Attacking MySQL Databases
In this post we will describe how GGSN detected a wide ransomware attack targeting MySQL databases and provide recommendations on how to protect your database...
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...
Convenient Mobile Commerce is the Key to Success this Holiday Season
With the Black Friday, Cyber Monday holiday weekend upon us, retailers in the U.S. and abroad are preparing for another peak period for customer acquisition and commerce revenues. In 2016, the U.S. eCommerce market is the second largest globally and...
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...
PacketFence Cloud: Enterprise Network Access Control, Now a Managed Service
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AI Inference Is Swallowing the Cloud
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Microsegmentation: Your Digital First Responder to LLM Threats
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AI Security at Machine Speed: A Roadmap for Modern AppSec
With AI API calls set to grow 1,000x by 2027, you need a roadmap to secure your enterprise against agentic threats...
Consistent Protections Without Compromise: Akamai’s WAF Is Now on AWS Marketplace
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CVE-2025-29635: Mirai Campaign Targets D-Link Devices
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From VPN to Zero Trust: Why It’s Time to Retire Traditional VPNs, Part 2
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Scope 3, Category 8: What Akamai Is Doing for Customer Reporting
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Akamai API Security Enhancements
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Critical Linux RCE Vulnerability in CUPS — What We Know and How to Prepare
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Enhancing Public Sector Cybersecurity with Akamai API Security
Learn how Akamai's API security solution helps federal agencies identify, protect, and monitor API traffic in real time...
Why AI Demands a New Security Playbook
Understand the new AI security threats and how Akamai can help you develop a risk mitigation strategy...
Why Fuzzing Isn’t Enough to Test Your APIs for Security Issues
Learn about API testing best practices and find out why fuzzing has limitations for enterprises that need API security...
Inside the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and API Security
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Taking Steps to Prepare for Quantum Advantage
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Guidance on the Critical OpenSSH Vulnerability regreSSHion
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Social Media Monitoring and Rogue App Detection in Akamai Brand Protector
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Edge Computing Versus Cloud Computing: Key Similarities and Differences
Explore the use cases, similarities, and differences of edge computing and cloud computing...
5 Steps to Make Zero Trust Achievable
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CreateRCE — Yet Another Vulnerability in CreateUri
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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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XZ Utils Backdoor — Everything You Need to Know, and What You Can Do
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The Akamai Foundation Continues to Give Back and Amplify Impact
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Cyber Strategy: Don’t Focus on Prevention — Master Resilience
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Akamai Security Solutions — Everywhere Your Business Meets the World
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Keep Your Tech Flame Alive: Akamai Trailblazer — Richa Dayal
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