Akamai stories

"We are observing a remarkable persistence in video game industry defenses being tested on a daily - and often hourly - basis.">>

"We're addressing this critical need with a highly sophisticated digital fingerprint approach that strengthens protection without placing additional burdens on the end user.>>

“As opposed to other 'all in one' solutions that can be vulnerable to platform outages, our distinct, purpose-built DDoS solutions are architected to ensure multiple levels of resilience.">>

The new programme, which partners will migrate into over a 6-month transition period, focuses on enablement through training and certification.>>

"Akamai is entering a period characterised by unprecedented disruption.">>

Do not pay the ransom, and do make sure you've got strong DDoS protection, security firms warn.>>

The new Melbourne scrubbing centre will allow Akamai to continue to meet its aims of having three-to-five times the capacity of the largest DDoS attacks currently recorded.>>

Edge Cloud will leverage Akamai’s edge platform to streamline and secure data delivery to connected devices and in-application messaging at scale.>>

“Gamers are a niche demographic known for spending money, so their financial status is also a tempting target.”>>

Akamai unveiled Edge Cloud, a solution that leverages the power of the Akamai edge platform to streamline the delivery of data to connected devices.>>

New research from Akamai shows the gaming community is quickly becoming one of the most highly targeted industries for cyber attacks, with hackers largely driven by gaining consumer credentials.>>

Akamai Technologies has announced it is increasing its commitment to the ‘green’ data center.>>

Video and streaming services are prime targets for cyber attackers who attempt to conduct credential stuffing attacks, according to new research from Akamai.>>

Techday spoke to Akamai Asia Pacific security technology and strategy head Fernando Serto about how organisations are being impacted.>>

Janrain enables enterprises to enhance digital trust by offloading login and registration workloads.>>

Cybercriminals have been moving towards a ‘gig economy’ – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.>>

Users of file sharing website Mega have been tripped up in a credential stuffing attack.>>

Attack traffic origination against from China and Russia combined was three times the number of attacks from the US.>>

China continues its reign as one of the world’s most prevalent cyberattackers, taking the number two rank for the top five source countries globally.>>

Misconfigured memcached servers on internet data center (IDC) networks are being increasingly abused to conduct amplification attacks worldwide.>>

One of the big winners of the night was Metronode, who was named Australia’s Data Center Service Provider of The Year.>>

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.>>

"I want to especially thank the organizations who are attacked with DDoS traffic and are kind enough to share detailed information about the attacks.">>

​This month Gartner released the results of its latest Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), ranking the top vendors in the market.>>