Collaborate Disseminate
By the time you read this post, the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) will be published. Akamai has been one of the many partners contributing data to this report for more than half a decade. We greatly value the time, effort, and de… Continue reading Partnering With Verizon on the 2021 DBIR
Introduction In our previous post, The Building Wave of Internet Traffic, we looked at the traffic patterns across Europe and the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had. We examined traffic in Italy, Poland, and Spain, and demonstrated how we observed… Continue reading Parts of a Whole: Effect of COVID-19 on US Internet Traffic
The Novel Coronavirus, and the resulting viral respiratory illness caused by it, COVID-19, is changing our world. As much as possible, people around the world are practicing social distancing. This means working remotely for a large number of people, p… Continue reading The Building Wave of Internet Traffic
Credential stuffing, and the botnets behind this activity, is the primary focus of the State of the Internet Security Report, Issue 4, 2018. Credential stuffing, the use of botnets to try to login to a site with stolen or randomly… Continue reading State of the Internet Security – Credential Stuffing
Credential stuffing, and the botnets behind this activity, is the primary focus of the State of the Internet Security Report, Issue 4, 2018. Credential stuffing, the use of botnets to try to login to a site with stolen or randomly…
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To alleviate the cybersecurity hiring gap, CISOs should look to tap new pools of talent in adjacent industries and help new hires develop their security skills through thorough, regular training.
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Continuing Changes Welcome to the second blog post for the Summer 2018 State of the Internet / Security. If you’ve read the SOTI / Security report before, much of what you see here should be familiar, though the time frame… Continue reading Summer SOTI – Web Attacks
Time for a Change The State of the Internet / Security report has been the home for Akamai’s research on DDoS, attack traffic and Internet threats for over three years. While the report has evolved and expanded its scope considerably… Continue reading Summer SOTI – DDoS by the numbers
The memcached vulnerability isn’t new, but attackers exploited it in late February to launch what might be the largest DDoS attack on record.
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To get the most out of your RSA Conference experience, plan ahead, arrive early, build time into your schedule to unwind with peers and, perhaps most importantly, stay hydrated.
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