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On Wednesday, August 22th, the Apache team patched another vulnerability in the Apache Struts2 framework. Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework for developing Java web applications. The vulnerability exists when these conditions are… Continue reading What You Need To Know: Apache Struts Vulnerability 8/22/2018
On Wednesday, August 22nd, the Apache team patched another vulnerability in the Apache Struts2 framework. Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework for developing Java web applications. The vulnerability exists when these conditions are met: The alwaysSelectFullNamespace flag setting… Continue reading Apache Struts Vulnerability CVE-2018-11776
Written by Meyer Potashman On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. In preparation, Akamai, like every other company that does business with or interacts in any way with individuals in the EU, needed… Continue reading Platypuses and Policies: Akamai’s Approach to the GDPR and Information Security
Ryan Barnett, Principal Security Researcher, Akamai Elad Shuster, Senior Security Researcher, Akamai During its research into Credential Abuse attack campaigns, Akamai’s threat research team conducted an analysis of web logins to gain insights into how… Continue reading Part 2: The Dark Side of APIs
Ryan Barnett, Principal Security Researcher, Akamai Elad Shuster, Senior Security Researcher, Akamai During its research into Credential Abuse attack campaigns, Akamai’s threat research team conducted an analysis of web logins to gain insights into how widespread the adoption of API-based… Continue reading Part 2: The Dark Side of APIs
I recently wrote an article for Information Security Magazine where I explained how internet security researchers could use their spam folders as a resource tool. It got me thinking about going into greater detail on what I’ve found in… Continue reading Part 1: Reading SPAM for Research
On Friday, May 12, news agencies around the world reported that a new ransomware threat was spreading rapidly. Akamai’s incident response teams and researchers worked quickly to understand this new threat and how to mitigate it. This blog post is… Continue reading WannaCry: What We Know
On December 29th, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), in coordination with the FBI, released a document outlining recent attacks against US interests that have been attributed to the Russian government. To be clear, Akamai does not comment… Continue reading JAR: What You Need To Know
On December 29th, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), in coordination with the FBI, released a document outlining recent attacks against US interests that have been attributed to the Russian government. To be clear, Akamai does not comment… Continue reading JAR: What You Need To Know