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On February 28, Akamai recorded a 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack against one of our customers. The attack was driven by a relatively new vector, memcached reflection. Possibly the largest publicly disclosed DDoS attack to date, the memcached attack was more than twice the size of the largest DDoS attacks...
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...
Revealing Guardicore Reveal™
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Threats Making WAVs - Incident Response to a Cryptomining Attack
Guardicore security researchers describe and uncover a full analysis of a cryptomining attack, which hid a cryptominer inside WAV files. The report includes the full attack vectors, from detection, infection, network propagation and malware analysis and recommendations for optimizing incident...
Zero-Day Dominance: How Akamai Defends Before the Industry Discloses
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Not the Coyote, but the Road Runner: The Reality of Autonomous AI Attacks
Autonomous AI security threats aren't novel super-weapons. They're relentless, low-tech attacks that never stop. Learn why traditional defenses fail...
Akamai Valkey Managed Database: Real-Time Memory for Enterprise AI
Introducing Akamai Valkey Managed Database: a low-latency, in-memory data layer to optimize AI inference costs, accelerate RAG, and power real-time AI agents...
OMB M-26-14 Compliance: Adaptive Edge Logging for Federal CISOs
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DNS Is Your Most Critical — and Most Misconfigured — Security Control
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The Internet Has a Front Door — The Edge Is Now Intelligent
Recent improvements in the capabilities of the edge network have created a smarter, more connected edge. These changes call for a reassessment of edge strategy...
Scale Faster: A Practical Guide to Building with Akamai Block Storage
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Apps, APIs, and DDoS 2026: The Industrialization of Cyberattack Campaigns
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Choose the Right GPU on Akamai Cloud for Your AI Workload
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CVE-2025-66516: Detecting and Defending Against Apache Tika XXE Attack
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Isolate Your Database: VPC for Managed Databases Is Available Now
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Study Reveals API Security Gaps in Asia-Pacific Compliance Programs
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Navigating the Future of Scope 2: Balancing Impact and Practicality
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 2 revisions demand thoughtful action. Read how we’re prioritizing meaningful, measurable impact over rapid progress...
Honoring Innovation, Growth, and Collaboration: The Akamai Partner Awards
Introducing the Akamai Partner Awards, which recognize excellence — both organizational and individual — in sales, services, marketing, and technical impact...
Compliance Insights: How to Stop Lateral Movement and Boost Authorization
Stop lateral movement before it starts. Learn how to meet security compliance regulations with layered security, microsegmentation, and smart API protection...
Akamai Firewall for AI: Get Powerful Protection for New LLM App Threats
Protect against LLM attacks such as prompt injection, exfiltration and extraction, and toxic AI outputs with Akamai Firewall for AI...
Routing in Spin Apps with Hono
Learn how to use Hono to build full-fledged HTTP APIs with Spin and TypeScript, including middleware, route parameters, and key-value store integration...
Data Is on the Menu — and AI’s Market Price Is High
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Abusing VBS Enclaves to Create Evasive Malware
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Arming the Defenders: A SOTI Report for Those Who Protect the Enterprise
Defenders, this one is for you. Read this SOTI report to get actionable insights from cybersecurity experts who battle cyberthreats every day...
DNS Silently Powers the Internet
As a part of almost every internet transaction, the Domain Name System is powerful, lightweight, and ubiquitous — and delivers value for a modest investment...
Akamai Named a Major Player in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Public Cloud IaaS 2025 Assessment
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Akamai API Security Release 3.41
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Data Security: Challenges, Solutions, and the Path Forward
Learn why a more proactive, integrated, and dynamic approach to data security is crucial to effectively safeguard your business in today’s digital landscape...
Beyond the Login — Keeping Accounts Secure with Lifecycle Protection
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Bad Bots: 6 Common Bot Attacks and Why They Happen
Learn about the different types of bot attacks, why they happen, and how to protect your website from these threats with effective bot mitigation strategies...
How to Build a NAT Gateway in a VPC with Linode
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How to Implement Zero Trust on a Budget
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Akamai Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024
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The Noname Security 3.34 Update Includes Major Enhancements
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Akamai’s Perspective on July’s Patch Tuesday 2024
Patches are raining down like Independence Day fireworks. July 2024’s Patch Tuesday has 137 total CVEs and one vulnerability found in the wild...
Defend Against Account Abuse in Financial Services
Learn how Akamai Account Protector defends against account abuse by distinguishing between legitimate and malicious activities...
Sustainability and ESG: Understanding the Difference and Why It Matters
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Why Game Companies Are Adopting Distributed Cloud Computing
Global game developers are providing improved performance, better in-game experiences, and boosting gamer retention with distributed cloud computing...
Why Insurers Need Visibility Into APIs Risks
Learn the importance of API discovery, inventory, and risk assessment for insurance companies, and read two examples of why API security is a team sport...
Akamai’s Perspective on May’s Patch Tuesday 2024
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Leaking NTLM Credentials Through Windows Themes
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Say Goodbye to Monolithic EdgeWorkers: Introducing Flexible Composition (Part 2)
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The Web Scraping Problem: Part 1
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Akamai’s Perspective on January’s Patch Tuesday 2024
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Akamai’s Perspective on December’s Patch Tuesday 2023
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6 Strategies to Combat Advanced Persistent Threats
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The Hidden Costs of Outsourcing Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
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Akamai’s Perspective on October’s Patch Tuesday 2023
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