Hackers turn back the clock with Telnet attacks
A new report from Akamai Technologies shows that hackers appear to be increasingly using the Telnet remote access protocol to attack corporate servers over mobile networks.
View ArticleIBM, Akamai to speed enterprise access to public apps
IBM and Akamai have teamed to try to speed up access to public cloud applications for enterprises and application providers.
View ArticleInternet survives Royal Wedding, scammers still lurking
The royal wedding went off without a hitch Friday morning, and the Internet appeared to survive the event as well. Web traffic was high during the nuptials, but YouTube was able to stream the event...
View ArticleMobile video might make carriers, providers clash
As mobile video finally starts to take off, making money from it remains a challenge, and content providers and carriers may clash over economics before they find a way to share the costs and benefits.
View ArticleAkamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo
Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday.
View ArticleExperts: Internet businesses should pay attention to ITU meeting
An upcoming meeting of the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union could have a huge impact on Internet businesses, and those businesses should help lobby to keep the organization from imposing...
View ArticleDDoS attack against Spamhaus was reportedly the largest in history
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organisation last week ended up causing problems for Internet users around the world,...
View ArticleSecond-screen prototype hopes to boost couch commerce
Akamai Technologies demonstrated a prototype second-screen system that presents complementary content on a smartphone or tablet that is synchronized with what's happening on the main television screen.
View ArticleAkamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic
Content delivery services provider Akamai Technologies plans to buy Prolexic Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation specialist, for US$370 million in cash.
View ArticleAkamai admits its OpenSSL patch was faulty, reissues keys
Akamai Technologies, whose network handles up to 30 percent of all Internet traffic, said Sunday a researcher found a fault in custom code that the company thought shielded most of its customers from...
View ArticleDDoS attacks using SNMP amplification on the rise
Attackers are increasingly abusing devices configured to publicly respond to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) requests over the Internet to amplify distributed denial-of-service attacks.
View ArticleIPv6 usage is climbing in Europe, while Asian countries are most ready for 4K...
Belgium is leading the world in IPv6 adoption, while South Korea and Japan are most ready for 4K video streaming, according to a report.
View ArticleImproved patch tackles new Shellshock attack vectors
System administrators who spent last week making sure their computers are patched against Shellshock, a critical vulnerability in the Bash Unix command-line interpreter, will have to install a new...
View ArticleAkamai sees record-setting spikes in size and volume of DDoS attacks
The size and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks has exploded in the past year, with a 389 percent increase in average attack bandwidth between the third quarter of 2013 and the third...
View ArticleEFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL...
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...
View ArticleAkamai: Most Internet attacks in Q4 originated in China
A majority of the Internet attack traffic in 2014's fourth quarter originated in China, followed by the U.S., according to cloud service provider Akamai.
View ArticleIBM, Akamai to speed enterprise access to public apps
IBM and Akamai have teamed to try to speed up access to public cloud applications for enterprises and application providers.
View ArticleInternet survives Royal Wedding, scammers still lurking
The royal wedding went off without a hitch Friday morning, and the Internet appeared to survive the event as well. Web traffic was high during the nuptials, but YouTube was able to stream the event...
View ArticleMobile video might make carriers, providers clash
As mobile video finally starts to take off, making money from it remains a challenge, and content providers and carriers may clash over economics before they find a way to share the costs and benefits.
View ArticleAkamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo
Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday.
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