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Holiday Readiness, Part Three: What you Should be Thinking About Two Months Out—Performance Optimizations
October is here, and that means we are less than two months away from the busiest weekend of the year. Parts one and two of the Holiday Readiness blog series covered topics ranging from security checklists to disaster recovery strategies and flash crowd management. If you haven’t had a chance to...
Which Online Shopping Experience Should I Try Today?
Do you remember the first time you made an online purchase? Me neither. I?ve made so many online purchases over the years, and I?ve probably made more in the past 18 months than in the past 5 years combined...
Capoae Malware Ramps Up: Uses Multiple Vulnerabilities and Tactics to Spread
Recently, there has been a plethora of UPX packed crypto-mining malware written in Golang targeting Linux systems and web applications popping up in the news. The malware’s primary tactic is to spread by taking advantage of vulnerable systems and weak administrative credentials. Once they’ve been...
Holiday Readiness, Part One: What you Should be Thinking About Four Months Out—Security
The beginning of August is upon us, and if you haven’t already started thinking about the busiest time of the year, now is a good time to do so. Whether you’re an experienced veteran of managing peak traffic or new to the game, Q4 can bring surprises when it comes to performance and security. And...
Cutting the Red Tape: Lessons Learned from CyberThreats 2021
If I had a dollar for every time I heard the phrase “digital transformation,” I would have a lot of dollars. I’m sure you would too. We’d have even more if we counted the term “Zero Trust.” Maybe we should start counting them, now that I think about it!...
Anyone for Alphabet Soup? ZTNA, SWGs, MFA, and More: Lessons Learned from Fed Day CyberThreats 2021
Last week, we gathered a few of the most prominent leaders and experts from every corner of the federal space to talk about all things cybersecurity and digital transformation. Discussions ranged from the move toward Zero Trust Network Access ZTNA, and effectively managing identities and access...
Akamai Summarizes Service Disruption (RESOLVED)
At 15:45 UTC on July 22, 2021, a software configuration update triggered a bug in our Secure Edge Content Delivery Network impacting that network's domain name service DNS system the system that directs browsers to websites for that specific service. This caused a disruption impacting availabilit...
Zero Trust: Not As Scary As It Sounds
If the term Zero Trust has been popping up in your news feed with astonishing frequency lately, you may be tempted to think that Zero Trust must be a brand-new technology cooked up in a research lab at MIT and powered by the latest artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, and...
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...
It's Official - Akamai is a Great Place to Work
When Akamai Costa Rica won the 'Great Place to Work' award, we were delighted. It's a wonderful achievement that really means a lot to Akamai and to all the collaborators who have worked here. It highlights the great working environment that Akamai have created for us. But it also shines a light ...
Why FIDO2 Is the Answer to Better Security
A groundbreaking increase in security incidents is affecting governments around the world. In light of this, the United States issued a formal order to implement a robust set of security measures designed to improve the security of federal systems...
Anyone For a Smart Network Slice?
As with any standardization effort, development of 5G specifications accounted for numerous technology trends and new use cases...
Supporting Akamai Communities Impacted by COVID-19
While those of us in places like the U.S. are experiencing some relief with access to the COVID-19 vaccine, it has been heartbreaking to see surges in infection, hospitalization, and death across the globe, including the dire situation in India...
4 Helpful Features for Centra Users - Policy Monitoring and More
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The Edge is Becoming More Critical in a World of 5G and IoT
The edge is becoming more critical in a world of 5G and IoT. I've seen the evolution from 1x to 3G to 4G and now 5G over the many years I've worked in the mobile space, and 5G and IoT will drive the biggest changes we have seen on the edge in 10 or 20 years...
How Akamai Can Help You Fight the Latest Exploitation Attempts Against Microsoft Exchange
On March 2, 2021, the Microsoft Security Response Center alerted its customers to several?critical security?updates to Microsoft Exchange Server, addressing vulnerabilities currently?under attack...
Akamai Identified as a Leader in DDoS Mitigation by Forrester
This week, Akamai was again recognized as a Leader in the latest The Forrester Wave™: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021...
What’s new in Guardicore Centra R26
New improvements to Guardicore Centra make it the fastest and simplest solution to protect against ransomware and meet the needs of zero trust...
Out of My Depth (Where I Belong)
I remember well my first day as a member of Akamai's InfoSec department. The Friday prior, I'd just completed the Akamai Technical Academy, a five-month crash-course in all things tech, and was now, on a cold but sunny Monday morning, joining InfoSec for their weekly staff meeting. Eager to make ...
Can Edge Computing Exist Without the Edge? Part 3: The Economics of Edge Computing
Do the math. For the past decade, digital businesses have been investing in digital transformation initiatives. The promise is to increase top-line growth while maximizing customer lifetime value. As infrastructure improves, IT spending is shifting from the cloud to the edge. But while edge...
Akamai's Internship Program in Krakow
The beginning of a new year is a time to look back and reflect on the previous one. December 31st is also the end date of our annual Krakow Internship Program. Last year's intake was very unique due to the pandemic and the shift towards a remote work environment. Akamai was fortunate to be able t...
Sustainability Requires Collaboration: Akamai's Growing Community and Supply Chain Initiatives
Akamai is committed to collaboration that inspires worldwide change. We know it's not enough to be environmentally conscious solely in our own business. To make a true impact on climate change, we need to use our unique position as a global corporation to encourage our partners to join us in taki...
Stacking CDNs for Improved Performance and Security
I recently worked with a client whose large e-commerce site was hosted with a popular cloud-based commerce solution. Its business was growing rapidly into new geographic markets, and it was not satisfied with the embedded content delivery network eCDN that was bundled with the cloud solution. We...
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...
Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 2: The Economics
This is Part 2 of a three-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's Domain Name System DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management...
2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign -- A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original
As the go-to enterprise distributed denial-of-service DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" since the release of the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel. This latest installment of the cybersecurity saga is bigger, badder, and features a broader cast of criminal...
Edgeworkers Use Story: Creating High-Performing, Individualized Campaign Responses in Online Retail
As campaigns and digital experiences become more individualized, they can create a challenge for delivering content to consumers at the highest velocity. Having each paid search, social media, and email marketing campaign add unique query string parameters to requests is critical for tracking the...
Web Application and API Protection: From SQL Injection to Magecart
SQL injections were first discovered in 1998, and over 20 years later, they remain an unsolved challenge and an ongoing threat for every web application and API. The Open Web Application Security Project OWASP highlighted injection flaws in its Top 10 lists for both web application security risks...
Taking a Human Approach to a Global Crisis
Since March, the COVID crisis has caused massive disruption to every area of life and work. It has tested us, as individuals and as a business. Akamai has taken a very human-centric approach during the pandemic. Our guiding principle has been to do what is right for the health and safety of...
Akamai Mitigates Sophisticated 1.44 Tbps and 385 Mpps DDoS Attack
always surprises me how easily a community can adapt to a new situation or reality. What was once considered an outlier or even an unimaginable situation can quickly become our new normal. For those of us focused on protecting enterprises from threats, that also couldn't be more accurate...
DNS as Code
Infrastructure as Code IaC and Continuous Delivery methods have become increasingly popular amongst development and operations teams as a means of maintaining high-performing websites...
Streaming and Security: In Conversation With Smita Aeron
People from around the globe are looking for instant and uninterrupted access to streaming services, on any device and in any location. But delivering high-quality streams that can easily scale to meet audience demand is no easy task. To better...
Phishing Detection via Analytic Networks
As mentioned in previous Akamai blogs, phishing is an ecosystem of mostly framework developers and buyers who purchase kits to harvest credentials and other sensitive information. Like many framework developers, those focusing on phishing kits want to create an efficient...
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...
Low, Medium and High Interaction Honeypot Security
Honeypots are a popular way to protect data centers and learn about attackers. Learn the difference between high and low interaction honeypot security...
Protecting Your Website Visitors from Magecart
Learn mitigation options that prevent your site from JavaScript skimmer code threats and protects your customers...
HTTP+TLS and IPV6-Enablement Both in the Majority for World Cup Streaming
The underlying protocols of the Internet continue to evolve, and massive events such as the World Cup are a great opportunity to see this in action...
Demystifying API Rate Limiting
APIs are the “digital glue” that integrates and connects infrastructure, services, devices, and users. With the proliferation of APIs in almost every organization, it‘s essential to have a mechanism in place to manage and govern them. That’s why we introduced Akamai API Gateway, which makes it...
How-To: Add Timing-Allow-Origin Header to Improve Your Website Performance Measurements
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Recovering Plaintext Passwords from Azure Virtual Machines
Security design flaw in the VM Access plugin that may enable a cross platform attack impacting every machine type provided by Azure. Read More...
The Bondnet Army: Questions & Answers
The following is a select list of questions and answers that we hope will shed more light on the botnet...
Yes, My Name is ||
Different cultures and nationalities have different naming conventions; I came from a one that led me to face the universe with a personal name "Or". I fact, my name has different meanings in different languages. In English the meaning of "Or" is function word that indicate alternatives and in...
Redirecting On the Edge
On the web, every second counts. Service engineers and operations teams are looking for ways to save milliseconds from web pages' load times. One of the simpler ways to squeeze better performance from web pages already using a Content Delivery Network CDN is to move the redirection responses from...
Beyond Identity: Governing the Agentic Enterprise
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Why Taste Matters: Building Real-Time Recommendation Systems with AI
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Smash and Grab at Scale: Agentic AI Is Reshaping the Threat to Commerce
The SOTI Security report examines how agentic AI is disrupting commerce security, scaling API abuse, and driving up infrastructure costs...
A New Definition of Hyperscale
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Post-Quantum Cryptography: What’s Next for Edge Security
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