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Akamai stories - Page 4

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Akamai introduces solution designed to secure and simplify IoT devices
Tue, 18th Jun 2019
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smart cities
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iot
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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.
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Cyber criminals targeting the gaming industry at an alarming rate
Fri, 14th Jun 2019
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gaming
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micro-credentials
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technology gifts
Gaming industry faces cyber onslaught, 12bn attacks in 17 months target player credentials.
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Akamai’s Texas data centers soon to be powered by wind
Tue, 7th May 2019
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colocation
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power / energy
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Akamai's Texas data centers to run on 'green' wind energy from Seymour Hills.
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Streaming services prime targets for credential stuffing attacks
Tue, 9th Apr 2019
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video
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digital entertainment
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cybersecurity
Video and streaming services are prime targets for cyber attackers who attempt to conduct credential stuffing attacks, according to new research from Akamai.
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CyrusOne nabs former Akamai and Microsoft executive
Tue, 5th Mar 2019
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colocation
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microsoft
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hyperscale
CyrusOne appoints tech veteran John McCloskey as VP for Hyperscale and Cloud Sales.
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Interview: Inside the crybercriminal gig economy for bots
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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akamai
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bots
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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.
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Akamai acquires Janrain for access management capabilities
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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ddos
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iam
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m&a
Akamai to boost digital trust with Janrain purchase, enhancing identity management.
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2019’s top three cybersecurity trends - Akamai
Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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ddos
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akamai
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predictions
Cybercriminals have been moving towards a ‘gig economy’ – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.
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Mega users affected by credential stuffing attack; 15,000 affected
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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micro-credentials
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Data breach at Mega exposes 15,000 users' login details due to reused passwords and credential stuffing attacks.
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Online businesses under siege from botnet DDoS attacks and credential abuse – report
Wed, 4th Jul 2018
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ddos
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phishing
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micro-credentials
Attack traffic origination against from China and Russia combined was three times the number of attacks from the US.
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APAC to lead market growth in botnet detection solutions and services
Tue, 15th May 2018
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cloud services
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ddos
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wireless networks
Asia Pacific will experience a 36% CAGR for botnet detection solutions and services, exceeding growth rates in North America and Europe.
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China reigns supreme as Asia's top source - and top target - of DDoS attacks
Tue, 6th Mar 2018
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ddos
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
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.
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Updated: Cyber attackers flood memcached servers with amplified DDoS attacks
Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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ddos
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colocation
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iaas
Misconfigured memcached servers on internet data center (IDC) networks are being increasingly abused to conduct amplification attacks worldwide.
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Canberra Data Centres, NextDC, Datacom...Frost & Sullivan names Australia's top companies
Fri, 8th Dec 2017
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cloud services
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ddos
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contact centre
One of the big winners of the night was Metronode, who was named Australia’s Data Center Service Provider of The Year.
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Akamai completes acquisition of rDNS security provider Nominum
Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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network management
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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.
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Industry collaboration brings down WireX Android botnet
Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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ddos
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smartphones
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technology gifts
Industry collaboration led to the successful takedown of the WireX botnet just three weeks after it appeared in August.
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Akamai and F5 named as leaders in Web Application Firewall market
Thu, 24th Aug 2017
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firewall
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network management
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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.
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New report reveals hackers weaponising old vulnerabilities
Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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ddos
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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.
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Freshworks makes new position to bring in ex Akamai managing director
Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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bi
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big data
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microsoft
​Freshworks has announced the appointment of SIdharth Malik to the specially created position of chief revenue officer.
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Zscaler grows ASEAN team & eyes Singapore as cybersecurity innovation hub
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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cloud security
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akamai
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zscaler
Zscaler boosts ASEAN presence, appointing senior execs in Singapore to pioneer cybersecurity advances.
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Exclusive interview: Akamai on Australia's biggest cyber security threats
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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ddos
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akamai
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ndi
Australian businesses can no longer rely on the ‘Island Australia’ approach and need to strengthen their upstream defence against large attacks.
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Internet of Everything: An exclusive interview with Akamai
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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ddos
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iot
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Akamai's security CTO, Michael Smith, discusses the impact of IoT and OT in today's tech landscape in Australia.
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Story Buffering 79% ... low quality video makes us sad
Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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video
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digital entertainment
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akamai
New research discovers the physical and emotional responses humans have to low-quality or buffering video content. Surprise, we don't like it at all.
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Australia on top - AU leads APAC for mobile connectivity, Akamai reports
Fri, 2nd Jun 2017
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telco
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connectivity
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akamai
Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet Report, showing Australia leads the APAC region in mobile connectivity.