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Online businesses under siege from botnet DDoS attacks and credential abuse – report

Wed, 4th Jul 2018
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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​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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Akamai's Q2 2017 report shows a 28% increase in DDoS attacks, with the PBot malware being a major contributor.
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Zscaler grows ASEAN team & eyes Singapore as cybersecurity innovation hub

Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Zscaler strengthens its ASEAN leadership with two key hires, positioning Singapore as a hub for cybersecurity innovation and IT transformation.
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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.
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Internet of Everything: An exclusive interview with Akamai

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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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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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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Millisecond delays can hurt conversion rates on online transactions – Akamai report

Mon, 24th Apr 2017
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Millisecond lags hit e-sales, says Akamai. Even tiny delays in load times significantly dent online conversion rates.
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Tenable Network's new sales director to drive channel growth in South Asia

Wed, 18th Jan 2017
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Tenable Network Security appoints Malcolm Rowe as new sales director for South Asia. Rowe will oversee strategic direction and sales growth.
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Akamai ramps up security strategy with latest acquisition

Thu, 6th Oct 2016
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Akamai Technologies acquires Soha Systems to enhance its cloud security strategy and accelerate enterprise applications.
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State of the Internet Report - DDoS attacks surge

Wed, 8th Jun 2016
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Akamai's Q1 2016 State of the Internet - Security Report has been released today, detailing threats affecting global cloud and cyber security.
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Akamai discovers new DDoS threats, issues medium risk level

Tue, 7th Jun 2016
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A potentially malicious DDoS vulnerability has been discovered by Akamai's Security Intelligence Response team.
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State of the internet: How does NZ stack up?

Thu, 24th Mar 2016
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New Zealand's average internet speeds increase, but there is a significant drop in peak speeds. #StateoftheInternet.
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Threat of DDoS and web application attacks more real than ever

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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DDoS and web application attacks are increasing, with repeat attacks becoming the norm, according to Akamai Technologies.