Security data reveals worldwide malicious login attempts are on the rise
According to the Akamai 2018 State of the Internet / Security Credential Stuffing Attacks report, worldwide malicious login attempts are on the rise. Akamai detected …
YL Ventures expands advisory board with 24 cybersecurity executives
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on Israeli cybersecurity innovation, announced a major expansion of its Venture Advisory …
Intensifying DDoS attacks: Choosing your defensive strategy
One of the biggest misconception regarding DDoS attacks is that they are a once-in-a-lifetime event for organizations, says Josh Shaul, VP of Web Security at Akamai. …
Bot-driven credential abuse, DDoS attacks continue to rise
Cybersecurity defenders face increasing threats from organisations in the form of bot-based credential abuse targeting the hospitality industry and advanced DDoS attacks, …
Industry leaders struggle to balance digital innovation and security
Companies are struggling with the tug-of-war between advancing digital innovation and ensuring secure digital experiences that maintain user trust and mitigate risk. As part …
Surge in memcached-based reflected DDoS attacks is due to misconfigured servers
Massive memcached-based reflection DDoS attacks with an unprecedented amplification factor have been ongoing for the last few days, by taking advantage of memcached servers …
Tech firms band together to take down Android DDoS botnet
An ad-hoc alliance of tech firms has managed to seriously cripple an Android-based botnet that was being actively used to DDoS multiple content providers. The botnet, dubbed …
Here we go again: DDoS attacks on the rise!
Newly released data shows that DDoS and web application attacks are on the rise once again, according to Akamai’s Second Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet / Security …
New infosec products of the week: June 30, 2017
Protection against the impacts of malware, ransomware and DNS data exfiltration Akamai introduced Enterprise Threat Protector, a solution designed specifically to address the …
CLDAP reflection attacks generate up to 24 Gbps of traffic
Akamai researchers Jose Arteaga and Wilber Majia have identified a new Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP) reflection and amplification method. CLDAP …
New infosec products of the week: February 10, 2017
Capsule8: Container-aware, real-time threat protection for Linux Capsule8 emerged from stealth mode to unveil its plans for the industry’s first container-aware, …
