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Akamai Helps Q-dance Bring Its Tribe to Defqon.1 at Home -- a Global Virtual Festival Experience
Every year, Q-dance part of the ID&T group, a Dutch electronic music experience company, delights its die-hard fans or their "tribe" at the world's largest hardstyle festival, Defqon.1. Helicopters, simulated earthquakes, special moments like Power Hour, and amazing shows make up the unique...
Better Real User Monitoring with BoomerangJS and Akamai mPulse
In this blog, we'll walk through a few different snippet insertion methods and available optimizations...
The Rapid Resurgence of DDoS Extortion (That Didn't Take Long)
Just when we thought DDoS extortion was fading into the rearview mirror, it's time to circle up the trucks again gas tanks full...
Ohana — An Impact an ERG Can Make
Akamai's Ohana ERG launched in 2015, along with a number of other ERGs, with the mission to broaden and facilitate the inclusion and contributions of employees of African American, Black, Hispanic, and Latin American descent and association...
Building an A/B Test with EdgeWorkers and EdgeKV
When paired with our new EdgeKV distributed key-value database, the Akamai EdgeWorkers serverless platform gives you the ability to do powerful things at the CDN level...
Authentication: Lessons Learned From Microsoft Exchange And F5 Big-IP Hacks
The past month has been a very dynamic time in the world of security for hackers and threat researchers, but it has been an extended nightmare for CSOs responsible for securing their enterprise networks...
Threat Advisory - DCCP for (D)DoS
Recent attacks against Akamai customers have leveraged a networking protocol known as protocol 33, or Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP...
Now Launching - SOTI: Research
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Gambling, Social Media, and 10 Years of Streaming the 'Big Game'
Thanks to the unique perspectives we have via the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, we're able to observe massive amounts of web traffic and data that provide insights across the various industries Akamai serves. In the wake of Super Bowl LV, we're sharing some observations on gambling traffic an...
Gambling, Social Media, and 10 Years of Streaming the 'Big Game'
Thanks to the unique perspectives we have via the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, we're able to observe massive amounts of web traffic and data that provide insights across the various industries Akamai serves. In the wake of Super Bowl LV, we're sharing some observations on gambling traffic an...
Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 3: Investment and Innovation
This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's authoritative DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. Part 1 focused on Akamai's DNS platform and what sets it apart. Part 2...
When Destiny is Knocking on Your Door Again - Data Mining CDN Logs to Refine and Optimize Web Attack Detection
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post trying to explain, with humor, why choosing application security as a career path is destiny derived by my parents calling me "Or", and why a personal name that is a conditional word can sometimes be challenging in daily routines, since some attack payloads...
Minecraft Players are Targets Even Off the Network
When we write the SOTI and talk about attacks against gamers, we spend a good deal of time focusing on network-level events, such as DDoS and credential stuffing...
How Client-Side Protection & Compliance Detects Real-World Magecart Attacks
In this blog, we will take a look at and break down a recent Magecart attack detected and mitigated by Client-Side Protection & Compliance. The impacted customer operates a large international e-commerce business in which one of its websites was compromised with a malicious script...
Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation
If I had a dollar for every time I heard “unprecedented” in 2020, I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we're tired of hearing this term, it's true amid the pandemic, U.S. presidential election, social justice movements, finalization of Brexit, and many other new and life-changing...
Congratulations to 2020 Akamai Partners of the Year
Last year proved to be a year like no other. We faced unforeseen challenges, including adjusting to a new way of working, collaborating, and conducting business. It is an honor for me to announce the Akamai Partners of the Year for 2020 who went above and beyond in this tumultuous year. These...
A New Skimmer Uses WebSockets and a Fake Credit Card Form to Steal Sensitive Data
A new skimmer attack was discovered this week, targeting various online e-commerce sites built with different frameworks. As I write this blog post, the attack is still active and exfiltrating data...
Three Cloud-First Akamai Initiatives for Your Cloud Journey
According to a 2020 State of the Cloud Report, 61% of organizations plan to focus on cloud migration this year and 93% have a multi-cloud strategy. This means that on average your organization is using 2.2 public clouds, multiplying your complexity and costs...
Headwinds and Tailwinds - Cycling For Climate Awareness in a Global Pandemic
If you told me at the beginning of 2020 that I'd be cycling 250 miles in the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan, fundraising for an organization called "Climate Ride", and wearing a face mask to go grocery shopping - I would not have believed you. Yet, since March 2020, we've all been living the...
New Guide: How Akamai Helps You Protect Privacy Data
Laws and regulations related to personally identifiable information PII are continuously being enacted around the world as data breaches and abuses persist. According to the February 2020 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 132 out of 194 countries had legislation put in place to...
Banks Prioritizing Microsegmentation
Learn how microsegmentation allows financial institutions to achieve goals, from automation to streamlining firewall compliance, while protected...
Record 0-Second SLA PPS Mitigation
On May 2, 2020, Akamai blocked a large PPS-focused attack against one of our financial services customers in 0 seconds, utilizing a proactive mitigation posture. This was one of the largest PPS levels we have on record, and the biggest mitigated to date in 0 seconds. The attacker launched a bevy ...
Making Connections to Sustainable Action During a Pandemic
There is no question that this year has brought disruption to life as we know it. As the world around us is changing, our concept of normalcy does too. Now, more than ever, it is critical that Akamai continue business as usual, providing fast, intelligent, and secure experiences for our customers...
Why You Need Cloud-Based Security for Agile, Innovative and Lean IT
Digital transformation isn't just a buzzworthy trend or a finite phase for today's businesses. Rolling adaptation to an ever-changing environment and continuous digital evolution has become the new normal for enterprises -- the key to success in this agile, demanding, and hyper-connected age. To...
Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Rollouts with Vaccine Edge
Global efforts to produce and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine continue to race ahead. But in many cases, that race is an uphill climb. Beyond the challenges in making enough of the vaccine, educating the public, and the logistics of distributing the doses, there is a new challenge. Bots...
HTTP Cache Poisoning Advisory
Summary On January 14, 2020, CERT CC published an advisory warning of the potential use of Content Delivery Networks CDNs to cache malicious traffic. Akamai acknowledges this issue and has been aware of similar research in the past. This advisory...
Akamai Identified as a Leader Among Zero Trust Providers by Independent Research Firm
We are pleased to share that Akamai has been identified as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q4 2019. In the report, Forrester evaluated how each vendor's portfolio maps and delivers on specific components of the Zero Trust eXtended ZTX framework...
From the Beginning: Internships With Akamai
At Akamai, our internships are both unique and meaningful. What do we mean by this? Well, we believe an internship should add real, significant value to an intern's skill-set. So, not only do they get to learn on the job...
Device Hopping Shoppers Drive Up Bounce Rates Leading Into Holiday 2019
Executive Summary In 2018, Akamai reported for the first time that shoppers used mobile devices more than desktops for all the major peak traffic events we measured. Interestingly, they often don't complete their purchase on a mobile device. If the most recently concluded back-to-school shopping...
From On-Prem to Cloud: The Complete AWS Security Checklist
This complete AWS cloud auditing security checklist outlines what it takes to protect sensitive data center security & intellectual property when securing an organization’s cloud deployment...
In Conversation: New Starters
The world is changing. At Akamai, we're proud to be part of the shift towards a more inclusive future. Where digital systems may replace human processes, we are determined to keep people at the center of our focus. After all,...
Our Ceiling, Their Floor, Educating the Future
Throughout this blog series, we've been discussing the future of tech in relation to our young people. At Akamai, our outreach programs and forward-thinking culture have positioned us as part of the movement determined to make the world better for...
Bots Tampering with TLS to Avoid Detection
Researchers at Akamai observed attackers using a novel approach for evading detection. This new technique - which we call Cipher Stunting - has become a growing threat, with its roots tracing back to early-2018. By using advanced methods, attackers are...
A Vulnerability in Debian’s Apt Allows for Easy Lateral Movement in Data Centers
Learn about the new vulnerability that was found in Debian’s Advanced Package Tool that allows for easy lateral movement in data center...
Quiz Phishing: One Scam, 78 Variations
Over the past year, Akamai Enterprise Threat Research team monitored the usage of one particular phishing toolkit in the wild. We previously wrote about this phishing toolkit as "Three Questions Quiz". The "Quiz" toolkit is not new to the threat landscape, as its been used in many phishing...
Humans, Machines and Data: Fighting Mirai, Together
By Yohai Einav, Hongliang Liu Background It's been 18 months since Mirai entered our lives, and, unfortunately, we expect it to have a perennial presence in our cyber-world for years to come. If we look at the big picture, all indicators suggest that the Mirai problem and its descendants is just...
Regain reliability and control over the cloud with Application Load Balancer
It's no secret that businesses are rapidly adopting Cloud Service Providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform for cost efficiency, agility, scalability and global distribution to serve their customers more easily. A recent IDG survey indicates that 70% of...
Low Risk Threat: DDoS Extortion Letters
Summary Adversaries calling themselves the Lizard Squad have been sending businesses extortion letters, demanding payment in bitcoin to prevent a Distributed Denial of Service DDoS or other attack against their applications. These letters have been sent to businesses across the globe and across...
The State of Mobile App Performance
In our previous blog, we saw how a new generation of users are increasing the expectations of a mobile app like never before and identified the three key success criteria for mobile apps: 1 increase customer conversions, 2 drive installs and 3 increase customer loyalty. For this blog we profiled...
Launching Forward with IPv6
With the era of freely available IPv4 addresses nearing its end, I'm pleased to see that 2012 appears to be the year when the IPv6 Internet will finally reach maturity and launch into wide-scale commercial use. For over a decade, the groundwork for the migration to version 6 of the Internet...
In China and Japan, Malicious Botnets Surge Amidst Holiday Ecommerce Traffic
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PLEASE_READ_ME: The Opportunistic Ransomware Devastating MySQL Servers
Guardicore Labs uncovers a Ransomware detection campaign targeting MySQL servers. Attackers use Double Extortion and publish data to pressure victims...
Deconstructing the Architecture of AI-Orchestrated Web Attacks
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Your Website Now Has Two Audiences: Humans and AI
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Using Microsegmentation to Contain Autonomous AI Agents
Discover why traditional security fails against autonomous AI agents and how machine-speed microsegmentation helps stop tool chaining and lateral movement...
Akamai Cloud Pulse Audit Logs Are Generally Available
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Most AI ROI Gets Lost in the Infrastructure, Not the Model
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AI Inference Is Swallowing the Cloud
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