Akamai Says Ransomware Landscape Keep Evolves

Akamai Says Ransomware Landscape Keep Evolves

Ransomware operators are moving away from using traditional phishing techniques and are placing more importance on exploiting vulnerabilities. These groups have adopted a more aggressive approach in their efforts to…
Akamai Prolexic Enhancements

Akamai Prolexic Enhancements

Akamai announced a significant evolution of its DDoS protection platform (Prolexic) with a global rollout of new, fully software-defined scrubbing centers, which will extend its dedicated defense capacity to 20…
Akamai Thwarted Record DDoS attack

Akamai Thwarted Record DDoS attack

Akamai has thwarted record-breaking DDoS assault in Europe with attack traffic spiking to 704.8 Mpps to cripple the organization’s business operations. Akamai stated that the recent attack originate from same…
Akamai New Malware Protection Feature

Akamai New Malware Protection Feature

Akamai unveiled Malware Protection, shielding web applications and APIs from malicious uploads. The solution expands Akamai's web application and API protection, detecting and blocking malware at the edge, preventing it…
Middlebox – DDoS New Attack Vector

Middlebox – DDoS New Attack Vector

Akamai researchers began observing multiple DDoS attack campaigns against Akamai customers that had included SYN flooding and high volumes of traffic: up to 11 Gbps at 1.5 million packets per…
Akamai acquires GuardiCore

Akamai acquires GuardiCore

Edge security and content delivery giant Akamai Technologies announced plans to acquire GuardiCore. Akamai said the deal would add new capabilities to help customers thwart ransomware attacks by blocking the…