Akamai stories - Page 7
Second Akamai scrubbing centre opens in Melbourne
Wed, 21st Aug 2019
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Akamai bolsters its DDoS defences in the ANZ region with the opening of a second scrubbing centre in Melbourne, enhancing cybersecurity resilience.
Akamai launches Edge Cloud for IoT devices and in-app messaging
Mon, 5th Aug 2019
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Edge Cloud will leverage Akamai's edge platform to streamline and secure data delivery to connected devices and in-application messaging at scale.
Gaming industry a rising target of cyber-attacks – Akamai
Fri, 26th Jul 2019
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digital entertainment
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Hackers have launched 12 billion credential stuffing attacks on gaming websites from Nov 2017 to Mar 2019, says Akamai's 2019 report.
Akamai introduces solution designed to secure and simplify IoT devices
Tue, 18th Jun 2019
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Akamai unveiled Edge Cloud, a solution that leverages the power of the Akamai edge platform to streamline the delivery of data to connected devices.
Cyber criminals targeting the gaming industry at an alarming rate
Fri, 14th Jun 2019
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The gaming industry is becoming a prime target for cyber criminals, with 12 billion credential attacks in 17 months, says Akamai's new report.
Streaming services prime targets for credential stuffing attacks
Tue, 9th Apr 2019
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Video and streaming services are prime targets for cyber attackers who attempt to conduct credential stuffing attacks, according to new research from Akamai.
Interview: Inside the crybercriminal gig economy for bots
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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gig economy
TechDay spoke to Akamai Asia Pacific security technology and strategy head Fernando Serto about how organisations are being impacted.
Akamai acquires Janrain for access management capabilities
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Janrain, enhancing their Intelligent Edge Platform with advanced customer identity and access management capabilities.
2019's top three cybersecurity trends - Akamai
Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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Cybercriminals have been moving towards a 'gig economy' – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.
Mega users affected by credential stuffing attack; 15,000 affected
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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Data breach at Mega exposes 15,000 users' login details due to reused passwords and credential stuffing attacks.
Online businesses under siege from botnet DDoS attacks and credential abuse – report
Wed, 4th Jul 2018
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phishing
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email security
Attack traffic origination against from China and Russia combined was three times the number of attacks from the US.
Updated: Cyber attackers flood memcached servers with amplified DDoS attacks
Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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Misconfigured memcached servers on internet data center (IDC) networks are being increasingly abused to conduct amplification attacks worldwide.
Canberra Data Centres, NextDC, Datacom...Frost & Sullivan names Australia's top companies
Fri, 8th Dec 2017
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digital transformation
One of the big winners of the night was Metronode, who was named Australia's Data Center Service Provider of The Year.
Akamai completes acquisition of rDNS security provider Nominum
Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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network infrastructure
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The firm says Nominum's DNS-based security solutions support many of the world's carriers, which fit well with Akamai's investment in DNS products.
Industry collaboration brings down WireX Android botnet
Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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Industry collaboration led to the successful takedown of the WireX botnet just three weeks after it appeared in August.
Akamai and F5 named as leaders in Web Application Firewall market
Thu, 24th Aug 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
This month Gartner released the results of its latest Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), ranking the top vendors in the market.
New report reveals hackers weaponising old vulnerabilities
Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
Akamai's Q2 2017 report shows a 28% increase in DDoS attacks, with the PBot malware being a major contributor.
Freshworks makes new position to bring in ex Akamai managing director
Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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Freshworks has announced the appointment of SIdharth Malik to the specially created position of chief revenue officer.
Zscaler grows ASEAN team & eyes Singapore as cybersecurity innovation hub
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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cloud security
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Zscaler strengthens its ASEAN leadership with two key hires, positioning Singapore as a hub for cybersecurity innovation and IT transformation.
Exclusive interview: Akamai on Australia's biggest cyber security threats
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Australian businesses can no longer rely on the 'Island Australia' approach and need to strengthen their upstream defence against large attacks.