5 Cyber Lessons Learned From the U.S. Election

5 Cyber Lessons Learned From the U.S. Election

Here are five key cyber-related lessons learned from the 2020 U.S. elections. Hint: It's not always DDoS or foreign actors! The post 5 Cyber Lessons Learned From the U.S. Election appeared first ...
Don't Let DDoS Extortionists Deliver a KO Punch

Don’t Let DDoS Extortionists Deliver a KO Punch

| | battleplan, ddos, extortion
Since mid-August, a variety of threat actors (and copycats alike) have been targeting organizations across all industries globally, threatening impending DDoS attacks unless Bitcoin is paid out. It's apparent, as the campaign ...
Deploy and Scale DDoS Protection in the Public Cloud

Deploy and Scale DDoS Protection in the Public Cloud

Cloud environments introduce a significantly large attack surface that requires protection from cyberattacks. The post Deploy and Scale DDoS Protection in the Public Cloud appeared first on Radware Blog ...
Radware Threat Researchers Live - ep.5 - Bots, Botnets and Games

Radware Threat Researchers Live: Bots, Botnets & Gaming

| | botnet, botnets, Bots, ddos, gaming
In the latest episode of Radware Threat Researchers Live, Daniel Smith and Pascal Geenens discuss what's new in botnets. The post Radware Threat Researchers Live: Bots, Botnets & Gaming appeared first on ...
To Pay or Not to Pay: It’s About the Provider

To Pay or Not to Pay: It’s About the Provider

The question--to pay or not to pay ransom--goes back to another question: who is your DDoS mitigation provider? The post To Pay or Not to Pay: It’s About the Provider appeared first ...
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2020 DDoS Extortion Campaign — A Sequel More Thrilling Than the Original

As you might imagine, as the go-to enterprise DDoS mitigation experts, our phones have been "ringing off the hook" as the global extortion DDoS campaign sequel rages on. It's bigger, badder, and ...
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What’s Next in Security

Whenever we talk about what's next for Akamai's security portfolio, we clearly want to look at the challenges that are top of mind for our customers -- both today and tomorrow. And ...
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API Discovery and Profiling — Visibility to Protection

APIs have become a dominant mechanism in the modern web, allowing organizations to create powerful web and mobile experiences, while exposing back-end data and logic to create new and innovative offerings. Protecting ...
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Balancing Protection with Performance to Double Down on DDoS

Combating DDoS attacks with the highest quality of mitigation means having the right platform, processes, and people in place. At Akamai, we're recognized as a leader for DDoS mitigation solutions based on ...
What's New in Web Security

What’s New in Web Security

With Akamai's web security portfolio, the top focus this October is on the web application firewall (WAF), with exciting new capabilities: API Discovery and Adaptive Security Profiles ...