It’s day two of Infosecurity Europe 2022 at the ExCeL in London. Here’s a look at the event, the featured vendors are: Akamai, SecurityScorecard, Edgescan, ManageEngine, Securonix, F5, ServiceNow, and Vade. The first photo gallery is availa…
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Infosecurity Europe 2022 video walkthrough
by Help Net Security •
Infosecurity Europe 2022 opened its doors today at the ExCeL in London, here’s a look inside the event. The featured vendors are: Akamai Technologies, AlgoSec, Appgate, AwareGO, Bridewell, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Cymulate, Cympire, CyberVadis, D…
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Top three most critical areas of web security
by Help Net Security •
Akamai Technologies revealed three research reports at the RSA Conference 2022, focusing on three of the most critical areas of web security: ransomware, web applications and APIs, and DNS traffic. Analyzing trillions of data points across its multiple…
Europe, Global Security News, North America, Vulnerabilities
Akamai Reports Massive Increase in Web Apps, API Attacks
by Michael Vizard •
At the RSA Conference 2022 event, Akamai today published a series of reports detailing how Web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) are now favorite targets for highly organized cybercriminal gangs. In the first half of 2022, the…
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Akamai Malware Protection blocks malicious files uploaded to web apps and APIs
by Industry News •
Akamai Technologies unveiled Malware Protection, which shields web applications and APIs from malicious uploads. The solution expands Akamai’s web application and API protection (WAAP), detecting and blocking malware at the edge, preventing it fr…
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Infosec products of the month: April 2022
by Helga Labus •
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Akamai, Alert Logic, Arcanna.ai, Axis Security, BigID, BreachBits, ColorTokens, Finite State, Forescout, Fortinet, Hillstone Networks, IBM, Imperva, Keysight T…
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New infosec products of the week: April 29, 2022
by Helga Labus •
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Akamai, Alert Logic, BreachBits, Kudelski Security, ThreatX, and Workato. Alert Logic Intelligent Response minimizes the impact of a security breach Alert Logic …
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Akamai Audience Hijacking Protector defends online businesses against fraud
by Industry News •
Akamai released Audience Hijacking Protector, a new solution designed for online businesses to maximize revenue opportunities and minimize marketing fraud in the buying journey. Akamai also unveiled several new application security features designed to…
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Akamai unveils Linode Managed Database to help developers reduce risk and increase efficiency
by Industry News •
Akamai Technologies launched a managed database service powered by Linode with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB. Akamai’s Linode Managed Database simplifies database deployment, helping developers reduce risk, increase efficiency…
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Critical Microsoft RPC runtime bug: No PoC exploit yet, but patch ASAP! (CVE-2022-26809)
by Zeljka Zorz •
Three days have passed since Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday, and CVE-2022-26809 has emerged as the vulnerability with the most exploitation potential. It’s easy to see why: it may be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to breac…
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How do I select an API security solution for my business?
by Helga Labus •
As the importance of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) continues to grow and API traffic accelerates, there’s a growing need to make sure it completes its tasks securely. Traditional applications security controls are still needed, but ca…
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Akamai acquires Linode to offer a single cloud-to-edge platform for businesses
by Industry News •
Akamai Technologies announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Linode, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform provider. Modern digital experiences, including virtual environments like the metaverse, are created through the …
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Piracy is alive and well, demand reaching 3.7 billion unlicensed streams and downloads
by Help Net Security •
Akamai released a research detailing the persistence of online piracy. The evolving piracy landscape, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center, costs the U.S. economy alone $29.2 billion in lost revenue each yea…
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When done right, network segmentation brings rewards
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96% of organizations claim to be implementing segmentation in their networks, yet only 2% of those organizations are segmenting all six mission-critical asset classes, including critical applications, public-facing applications, domain controllers, end…
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Akamai App & API Protector protects against complex web and API-based attacks
by Industry News •
Akamai launched App & API Protector, the company’s next-generation web application and API protection (WAAP) solution. It provides a holistic set of protections built for today’s modern applications and APIs with intelligent automation …
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Attacks on APIs are under-detected and under-reported, says Akamai report
by Howard Solomon •
Broken authentication, injection flaws and misconfigurations are some of the security problems in many APIs, says the report. Read the best practices for developers
The post Attacks on APIs are under-detected and under-reported, says Akamai report first appeared on IT World Canada.
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API attacks are both underdetected and underreported
by Help Net Security •
Akamai released a research into the evolving threat landscape for application programming interfaces (APIs), which according to Gartner will be the most frequent online attack vector by 2022. APIs are inherently designed to be fast and easy pipelines b…
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Piiano raises $9M to secure and control PII with data privacy engineering for the cloud
by Industry News •
Piiano announced that it has raised a $9M seed round. The round was led by cybersecurity-focused VC YL Ventures with the participation of Jibe Ventures and founders of cybersecurity companies such as Snyk, Armis, Wiz and Aqua. Founded by security exper…
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Akamai Acquires Guardicore for Microsegmentation Platform
by Michael Vizard •
Akamai Technologies today announced it has acquired Guardicore, a provider of a platform that enables IT teams to microsegment application workloads to limit the blast radius of any malware infestation, for approximately $600 million. Charlie Gero, vi…
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KrebsOnSecurity Hit By Huge New IoT Botnet “Meris”
by BrianKrebs •
On Thursday evening, KrebsOnSecurity was the subject of a rather massive (and mercifully brief) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. The assault came from “Meris,” the same new “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet behind record-shattering attacks …
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How Akamai Evolved Into a Security Vendor
by Michael Vizard •
In this episode of The View with Vizard, host Mike Vizard talks with Dr. Boaz Gelboard, Akamai chief security officer, about how Akamai, a longtime provider of a CDN, is now evolving into a security vendor. The video is below followed by a transcript …