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Earlier this year, Akamai's Enterprise team tackled the problem of DGA detection in the wild by using Neural Networks, essentially creating a state-of-the-art solution for near online detection of DGA communication....

The global adoption of IPv6 is important to the future of the internet and Akamai has been committed to helping move IPv6 deployment forward ever since we launched production IPv6 support in 2012.

Global efforts to produce and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine continue to race ahead. But in many cases, that race is an uphill climb. Beyond the challenges in making enough of the vaccine, educating the public, and the logistics of distributing the doses, there is a new challenge. Bots.

We continue to see large-scale online security attacks affecting corporations and public institutions. These attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated, making it harder to protect yourself. The constant evolution of attacks requires innovative solutions that only Akamai can provide....

The Service Worker web API is a powerful new API for web browsers. During our research, we have found several ways attackers can leverage this API to enhance their low-to-medium risk findings into a powerful and meaningful attack. By...

Guardicore Centra v 31 includes such features as user-based rules and a threat intelligence firewall. Read more about the updates and improvements.

Leverage the benefits of VDI without opening yourself to security risk. Guardicore provides user access management and microsegmentation for Citrix.

Summary On January 14, 2020, CERT CC published an advisory warning of the potential use of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to cache malicious traffic. Akamai acknowledges this issue and has been aware of similar research in the past. This advisory...

People from around the globe are looking for instant and uninterrupted access to streaming services, on any device and in any location. But delivering high-quality streams that can easily scale to meet audience demand is no easy task. To better...

Privileged Access Management is part of a zero-trust model. Guardicore strengthens its offering by integrating with CyberArk.

Global Traffic Management, or GTM, is a DNS-based load balancing service that offers application owners a level of flexibility and insight that is unmatched by traditional on-prem solutions.

Recently, at Akamai, we launched the Akamai Foundation, to continue to reach a broader, more diverse range of young people with quality Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. We believe that this work is a vital part of securing...

A group calling themselves "Cozy Bear" has been emailing various companies with an extortion letter, demanding payment and threatening targeted DDoS attacks if their demands are not met....

Success is a tricky word to define. It means something different to everyone and can only be measured by an individual themselves. Often, success is seen as being about what an individual achieves, rather than about who they grow to...

As mentioned in previous Akamai blogs, phishing is an ecosystem of mostly framework developers and buyers who purchase kits to harvest credentials and other sensitive information. Like many framework developers, those focusing on phishing kits want to create an efficient...

Written by Bridget Meuse, Product Marketing Specialist - Corporate Sustainability I've recently hit my four-month mark here at Akamai and it's been a whirlwind, to say the least. Despite having had two previous summer internships at Akamai, stepping into my...

Volunteering with Girls Who Code has been one of the most enriching and edifying experiences of my time here at Akamai. I was chosen to serve as a mentor to one of the high school students, gave the NOCC tour...

The first part of this blog series discussed about the quality of user experience (QoE) metrics and two strategies that heavily influence the QoE: the bitrate selection...

As the Internet grows, so does energy usage. As a result, all large tech organizations have a responsibility to monitor and improve their impact on the environment. At Akamai, we are well aware of the impact we can have, both...

JSON Web Tokens (JWT) use digital signatures to establish the authenticity of the data they contain, as well as authenticating the identity of the signer. A valid signature check ensures that any party can rely on the contents and the...