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Former tech journalist, Content Director, now writing copy for Akamai. Views are my own.

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Bob O'Brien@rvobrien17 Oct 2024
The DOJ recently took down Anonymous Sudan, a major player in DDoS attacks known for politically motivated hacktivism. @Akamai played a key role in this effort, marking a big step toward a safer internet. Learn how. #AkamaiSecurity bit.ly/407OOqN
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Akamai SIRT has confirmed the CUPS service can be leveraged to stage DDoS attacks. To begin the attack, the attacking system only needs to send a single packet to a vulnerable and exposed CUPS service with internet connectivity. Full write-up: akamai.com/blog/security-res…
Highlighted values in observed traffic that could aid in detection and blocking

ALT Highlighted values in observed traffic that could aid in detection and blocking

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Akamai announces intent to acquire Noname Security, extending comprehensive API protection for customers across all environments. ow.ly/gEKy50RwXWH
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Get both broad visibility and granular control to manage your complex environment — and get it up and running quickly. ow.ly/84Sa50RsKhx
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A Retrospective on DDoS Trends in 2023 and Actionable Strategies for 2024 | Akamai akamai.com/blog/security/a-r…
A Retrospective on DDoS Trends in 2023 and Actionable Strategies for 2024 | Akamai

A Retrospective on DDoS Trends in 2023 and Actionable Strategies for 2024 | Akamai

This year-end retrospective on 2023’s DDoS trends and threats includes Akamai's significant investment in this space — and strategy recommendations for 2024.

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Akamai Prevents the Largest DDoS Attack on a U.S. Financial Company | Akamai akamai.com/blog/security/aka…
Akamai Prevents the Largest DDoS Attack on a U.S. Financial Company | Akamai

Akamai Prevents the Largest DDoS Attack on a U.S. Financial Company | Akamai

Akamai Prolexic successfully detected and prevented the largest DDoS attack directed at one of the most influential U.S. financial institutions.

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Attacking systems via the API has become so popular that scraping content has gone from websites to the API itself. Hear more from @Akamai's Patrick Sullivan in this Federal Tech Podcast. @RayGilray #cybersecurity bit.ly/3qcGFBI
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Last year’s Q3 saw a record number of #phishing attacks. See the infographic. ow.ly/PUqa50PfHqZ
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Salesforce to raise prices by 9% across major products, announced today.
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Here's who's playing pickleball
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New Science paper argues horses came to the Americas earlier than previously thought—a conclusion that, if it holds up, rewrites the history of the N. American West. Strikingly, the article is from a team of archaeologists, geneticists, and Lakota researchers and elders. 1/15
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I remember that game well. And is that Felton Spencer in there too? So sad.
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Bates College names its first Black president pressherald.com/?p=6965174
Bates College names its next president

Bates College names its next president

Law school Dean Garry Jenkins from Minnesota is tapped to succeed Clayton Spencer in Bates' top job.

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Our team has discovered several bugs throughout our extensive research into MS-RPC. Some of them can even be chained together. Read about CVE-2022-37998 and CVE-2022-37973, two vulns within the Local Session Manager interface. Write-up: akamai.com/blog/security-res…
Decompiled code of CVE-2022-37998, a DoS vulnerability in Local Session Manager. The function exits without releasing the critical section.

ALT Decompiled code of CVE-2022-37998, a DoS vulnerability in Local Session Manager. The function exits without releasing the critical section.

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You want egress? @Akamai's cloud computing services are here for you with loooowwwww egress fees. But don't just take my word for it.... theregister.com/2023/02/14/a…
Akamai to expand Linode cloud into 60-plus locations

Akamai to expand Linode cloud into 60-plus locations

Promises tiny egress costs and a better way to do distributed microservices

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World Cup Final (Argentina vs. France on Dec 18) shattered records too by hitting peak traffic of 91 Tbps, the highest for any live sporting event ever delivered by Akamai
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BostInno@BostInno3 Nov 2022
NESN is partnering with Akamai Technologies Inc., a Cambridge-based internet giant, to livestream all 2022-23 Bruins home games and future Red Sox home games. bizjournals.com/boston/inno/…
NESN partners with Cambridge company to stream Bruins and Sox games

NESN partners with Cambridge company to stream Bruins and Sox games

NESN is partnering with Akamai Technologies Inc., a Cambridge-based internet giant, to livestream all 2022-23 Bruins home games and future Red Sox home games.

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Proud of @Akamai’s marketing team recognized w two 2022 MarCom Platinum Awards for our Life Online campaign, bringing our #purpose & #mission to life as the #cloud company that powers and protects like online. #LifeWithAkamai
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Oryan De Paz@OryanDP26 Oct 2022
Meet dhpcd, my first malware! ☺️👾 This cryptominer was running long before we've even heard of covid-19. So how did it stay so long under the hood? Read here >> akamai.com/blog/security-res… Bonus fact: that's also my first blog post at @akamai_research 😜

dhpcd: The Cryptominer That Hid for Four Years

Akamai Researchers have uncovered a long-running attack campaign attack targeting Linux SSH servers that has been running a monero cryptominer.

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Akamai Security Intelligence Group (@akamai_research) profile pictureAkamai Security Intelligence Group@akamai_research26 Oct 2022
Akamai Security Research has observed 'dhpcd:' an active, long-running cryptominer. 🟠deploys multiple backdoors 🔵operates behind TOR exit nodes 🟠distinguishable peak in May 2022 🔵executes scripts to neutralize competitors Full write-up 👇 akamai.com/blog/security-res…
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Protecting customers and working with talented people in #cybersecurity is all in a day’s work for Xiaojing Li, data scientist at Akamai. #BeCyberSmart ow.ly/7kR750L9yNJ
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