Akamai Offers Free Tier for Client-Side Edge Security

In March of 2020, Akamai saw a dramatic 30% rise in internet traffic — equivalent to an entire year of growth.1 Post-pandemic, Akamai believes there will be a return to normal internet traffic growth,2 but many things will never be the same. In general, we particularly expect to see greater reliance on the internet for transactions in retail, media, health care, finance, and travel and hospitality. Continue reading Akamai Offers Free Tier for Client-Side Edge Security

Akamai Offers Free Tier for Client-Side Edge Security

In March of 2020, Akamai saw a dramatic 30% rise in internet traffic — equivalent to an entire year of growth.1 Post-pandemic, Akamai believes there will be a return to normal internet traffic growth,2 but many things will never be the same. In gener… Continue reading Akamai Offers Free Tier for Client-Side Edge Security

A new skimmer uses WebSockets and a fake credit card form to steal sensitive data

A new skimmer attack was discovered this week, targeting various online e-commerce sites built with different frameworks. As of the writing of this blog post, the attack is still active and exfiltrating data. Continue reading A new skimmer uses WebSockets and a fake credit card form to steal sensitive data

What’s New in Web Security

With Akamai’s web security portfolio, the top focus this October is on the web application firewall (WAF), with exciting new capabilities: API Discovery and Adaptive Security Profiles.
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When Hackers Take Advantage of Your Trusted Vendors

As JavaScript-based client-side attacks continue to evolve, we see how attackers are getting more sophisticated and employing more advanced techniques. Unfortunately, it has been proven many times that any website partner can be exploited to carry out an attack. In the past month, we witnessed one of the most popular and trusted vendors being used as a credit card data exfiltration vector — Google Analytics. Continue reading When Hackers Take Advantage of Your Trusted Vendors

Introducing Page Integrity Manager

On May 26, Akamai launched our Page Integrity Manager , extending our solutions for securing and delivering digital experiences. During beta, we monitored more than one trillion real-user interactions to understand script composition and behavior. Above all, one thing stood out: Scripts loaded in real users’ browsers constitute a huge and continuously evolving attack surface, posing significant challenges to static approaches to these threats. Continue reading Introducing Page Integrity Manager