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Measuring User Experience with Real User Data
Use data from real users to improve the user experience UX of your site or app, and draw on real behavior and outcomes for effective UX decision-making...
What’s New for Developers: November 2022
Read about the EdgeGrid PHP client update, EdgeWorkers news, the Terraform Provider 3.0 release, and the new Build, Deliver & Secure video series...
SD-WAN Integration: Routing Traffic to Optimize Network Performance
Optimize network performance with SD-WAN integration to automatically route traffic to the nearest Akamai Secure Internet Access point of presence...
Akamai’s Perspective on November’s Patch Tuesday
Every Patch Tuesday stirs up the community. See Akamai's November insights and recommendations on what to focus on, and patch, patch, patch!...
Tackle Your Cloud Challenges, One Scenario at a Time
Forrester’s quick start cards cover 18 common issues with cloud migrations and operations, and suggest actions to mitigate each one...
Akamai Turns Up Linode Past 11
Akamai plans to add more than a dozen data centers, equipped with Linode’s full product suite – across North America, APAC, LATAM and Europe by the end of 2023...
How to Fight Video Piracy: Notes from a Real-Life Battle
Video streaming is increasing and so is video piracy. Learn more about these types of piracy cybercrimes, and how to be proactive in stopping them...
Akamai Has Addressed Browser-Powered Desync Attacks
On August 10, 2022, security researcher James Kettle presented a set of novel HTTP request smuggling attacks in his Black Hat talk,...
Meet Josh Johnson: Senior Enterprise Architect
A love of technology and coding brought Josh Johnson to Akamai. Learn what he thinks a developer-first approach means for the Akamai developer community...
How Akamai Works with Internet Organizations
Learn about a few of the internet organizations, who are developing standards and best practices, that Akamai works with to help foster innovation...
REvil Resurgence? Or a Copycat?
Has REvil returned? In this new post by Akamai's SIRT, see a DDoS incident by a threat actor claiming to be REvil...
Akamai Is a Leader in Forrester New Wave: Microsegmentation
We are excited to be named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Microsegmentation, Q1 2022. We were evaluated alongside eight other vendors in the microsegmentation space and ranked in 10 criteria, including product vision, interface and reporting, host agents, agentless aspect, product, and...
In China and Japan, Malicious Botnets Surge Amidst Holiday Ecommerce Traffic
Akamai data shows that in the days leading up to and including Lunar New Year, the activity of malicious bots increased 15% in China over the previous month. While a similar surge occurs during the high-traffic seen at the end-of-year holidays in EMEA and the U.S. — China and Japan present a...
Operational Readiness and Response to the Ukraine Crisis
Akamai’s security and network teams use our vast view of internet activity to closely monitor and act upon potential cyber threats, and we are taking appropriate measures to review our defensive posture and ensure the integrity of Akamai systems and the Akamai network...
Deploying Zero Trust Network Access for Secure Application Access? Don’t Forget to Secure Your Employees
Secure your workforce with the help of multi-factor authentication and Akamai's Zero Trust Network Access application in place of a virtual private network VPN...
Mirai Botnet Abusing Log4j Vulnerability
Threat Researcher Larry Cashdollar has discovered evidence of the Mirai botnet abusing Log4j vulnerability and shares code examples...
Finding Purpose in Wellness
“Wellness” is something that many employers are racing to embrace. Good for both their organizations and their people, wellness is an investment in creating a happier and more engaged workforce, as well as reducing the effects of stress and burnout. It has the potential to increase productivity,...
Strategy for the Office Anywhere
Organizations must deploy a remote working strategy that suits the office anywhere model CIOs need to demonstrate leadership as we move out of lockdown into a new model of working in which the office is wherever the employee is. It’s time to build on this initial success and embed a remote workin...
Now Live: On-Demand Learning and Hands-On Labs at Learn Akamai
I’m excited to announce our new all-inclusive Learning Hub as the single destination for all product learning resources at Akamai. This new Hub gives users the ability to choose the method of learning that suits them best, whether that’s reading through technical documentation, exploring our...
Holiday Readiness, Part Two: What you Should be Thinking About Three Months Out?Capacity Planning
Welcome back to the Holiday Readiness blog series. We hope part one has kept you busy over the past month as you continue to improve your security posture. If you haven?t finished all of the security checklist items, don?t worry ? there is still time before Black Friday and Cyber Monday...
Akamai's Commitment to Reliability
For more than 20 years, Akamai has worked very hard to earn the trust and confidence of our customers and partners by developing services that can be relied upon to be available and secure at all times...
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...
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...
Trusting Locations Bites Us Yet Again
Recently, Microsoft announced the discovery of yet another attack being launched by the now infamous Nobelium group, which has been responsible for numerous successful attacks, including the widespread SolarWinds breach in 2020...
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...
Caught on Camera: Rethinking IoT Security
We all know that we're on camera pretty much constantly -- most coffee shops, convenience stores, and even offices employ security cameras for protection. But what happens when those devices built to keep us safe become unsafe?...
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...
Tax Season: Criminals Play the Numbers Game Too
Criminals love tax season. The stress and urgency surrounding this time of year makes the victim pool highly vulnerable to various types of schemes...
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...
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...
Now Launching - SOTI: Research
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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...
Phishing Summary 2020—Trends and Highlights
2020 was a challenging year for many of us, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life and introduced challenges in almost all elements of living. 2020 was also challenging from a cybersecurity point of view, as nearly the entire workforce moved...
Preparing the Edge for a Big Year in Live Streaming
Next year is shaping up to be a big one for live streaming. Typically characteristic of even years, when many major international sporting events take place, 2021 looks like it could defy the trend. Akamai is predicting an unprecedented surge in live streaming that will start in late 2020 and...
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 ...
Growing, Exploring and My First Conference
By now, we are all subject in one way or another to the far-reaching impact of COVID-19. As we see on the news each day, the numbers of those infected by this deadly coronavirus continue to grow in terrifying increments. And even for those of us without family members or friends directly impacted...
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...
Faster JWT Key Rotation in API Gateway
JSON Web Tokens JWT use digital signatures to establish the authenticity of the data they contain, as well as authenticating the identity of the signer. A valid signature check ensures that any party can rely on the contents and 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...
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...
The Voice of Tech: Who We Are, What We Want to Say
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to see inside one of the biggest tech companies in the world? Well, we're starting a new series of blogs to give you the insight you've never had before. Akamai's innovations...
Preparing for Y2038 (Already?!)
It is possible that the need to upgrade and replace systems in the lead-up to 2038 will force the retirement of some remaining IPv4-only systems and networks...
The Dark Side of APIs: Part 1, API Overview
Application Programming Interfaces API are a software design approach which enables software and system developers to integrate with other systems based on a defined set of communication methods. APIs serve as software building blocks and allow for software reuse - essentially allowing fast...
Micheal McCollough Recognized as 2018 CRN® Channel Chief
This week, Micheal McCollough, Vice President, Global Channels, of Akamai was recognized and named as 2018 Channel Chief by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizatio...
Spotlight on Malware DGA Communication Technique
Written by Avi Aminov and Or Katz Overview Imagine you are standing in the middle of a crowded train station and want to have a private conversation with an old friend. You've been waiting for the perfect time to contact him and get some advice on how to move forward with some important life...