Akamai stories - Page 6
CyrusOne nabs former Akamai and Microsoft executive
Tue, 5th Mar 2019
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CyrusOne appoints John McCloskey as VP of Hyperscale and Cloud Sales. McCloskey, with experience at Akamai and Microsoft, will steer growth in Seattle.
Interview: Inside the crybercriminal gig economy for bots
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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TechDay spoke to Akamai Asia Pacific security technology and strategy head Fernando Serto about how organisations are being impacted.
Akamai acquires Janrain for access management capabilities
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Janrain, enhancing their Intelligent Edge Platform with advanced customer identity and access management capabilities.
2019’s top three cybersecurity trends - Akamai
Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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Cybercriminals have been moving towards a ‘gig economy’ – an underground community of malicious actors exchanging services.
Mega users affected by credential stuffing attack; 15,000 affected
Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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Data breach at Mega exposes 15,000 users' login details due to reused passwords and credential stuffing attacks.
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.
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.
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.
Updated: Cyber attackers flood memcached servers with amplified DDoS attacks
Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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Misconfigured memcached servers on internet data center (IDC) networks are being increasingly abused to conduct amplification attacks worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
Akamai and F5 named as leaders in Web Application Firewall market
Thu, 24th Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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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.
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.
Freshworks makes new position to bring in ex Akamai managing director
Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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Freshworks has announced the appointment of SIdharth Malik to the specially created position of chief revenue officer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australia on top - AU leads APAC for mobile connectivity, Akamai reports
Fri, 2nd Jun 2017
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Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2017 State of the Internet Report, showing Australia leads the APAC region in mobile connectivity.