How attackers revived an ancient bug to destroy targets
Attackers are using a 12-year old open source bug to recruit an army of millions of internet-connected devices to launch powerful traffic attacks against targets.
Attackers are using a 12-year old open source bug to recruit an army of millions of internet-connected devices to launch powerful traffic attacks against targets.
Over half of CISOs believe cloud applications are as secure as on-premises apps, one survey has found – suggesting that we have reached a tipping point in the transition of attitudes around cloud security.
David Braue | 15 Jun | Read more
We'll be seeing more severe vulnerabilities like Shellshock and Heartbleed in 2015, predicts Akamai Technologies Inc., the leading content delivery network. The use of cheap online hacking toolkits will continue to proliferate, as will politically motivated attacks such as those during last year's World Cup.
Maria Korolov | 10 Jan | Read more
A well organized criminal group is targeting both iOS and Android users with highly targeted man-in-the-middle attacks, according to a new threat advisory from Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Maria Korolov | 19 Dec | Read more
A new organization supported by Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others is working to set up a new certificate authority (CA) that will provide website owners with free SSL/TLS certificates.
Lucian Constantin | 19 Nov | Read more