Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers

Akamai just released the 2019 State of the Internet (SOTI) security report: Phishing – Baiting the Hook featuring findings from the enterprise and carrier research teams. They’ve been collaborating for two years to develop better methods for evaluating… Continue reading Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers

Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers

Akamai just released the 2019 State of the Internet (SOTI) security report: Phishing – Baiting the Hook featuring findings from the enterprise and carrier research teams. They’ve been collaborating for two years to develop better methods for evaluating massive volumes… Continue reading Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers

Akamai SIRT details a timeline of DDoS campaigns against MIT

Akamai SIRT has published a new case study detailing a series of DDoS attack campaigns against the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) network. So far in 2016, MIT has received more than 35 DDoS campaigns against several different targets which… Continue reading Akamai SIRT details a timeline of DDoS campaigns against MIT

Q1 2016 SOTI Security Preview: Reflection DDoS Attacks, Q1 2015-Q1 2016

By Akamai SIRT Two quarters ago, we introduced Sankey diagrams to the State of the Internet: Security Report. Sankey graphs help visualize energy, material, or cost transfers between processes. The Sankey graph below shows how DDoS reflection attacks have trended… Continue reading Q1 2016 SOTI Security Preview: Reflection DDoS Attacks, Q1 2015-Q1 2016

Q1 2016 SOTI Security Report: Retail Takes Brunt of Web App Attacks

By Bill Brenner, Senior Tech Writer, Akamai SIRT Retail was hit hard in Q1 2016 by malicious actors who targeted the business sector with web application attacks. That is among the findings in the State of the Internet Security Report… Continue reading Q1 2016 SOTI Security Report: Retail Takes Brunt of Web App Attacks

Q4 2015 State of the Internet Security Report: Five Mega DDoS Attacks

Yesterday, Akamai released the Q4 2015 State of the Internet Security (SOTI Security) Report (download here). I’ll write posts throughout the week focusing on specific parts of the report. For this installment, let’s take a look at mega-DDoS attacks… Continue reading Q4 2015 State of the Internet Security Report: Five Mega DDoS Attacks

Akamai’s State of the Internet Security Report with Andy Ellis

The State of the Internet Security report by Akamai is issued four times a year with information on the types of online attacks that Akamai Technologies protects its customers from every day. In this free report, you can read about… Continue reading Akamai’s State of the Internet Security Report with Andy Ellis