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Short reads on threat intelligence, actionable intelligence, and the latest security news

Security Research

CVE-2026-21589: Critical Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Atlassian Products

Read about CVE-2026-21589, a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting multiple Atlassian Data Center products. Akamai customers are protected.

Security Research

How Akamai’s ExAR Capabilities Contained a LATAM Supply Chain Attack

October 06, 2026Dennis Birchard and João Dejavite

Learn how Akamai’s ExAR capabilities helped contain a complex supply chain intrusion targeting Linux, OpenShift, and Windows DMZ workloads in Latin America.

Research

When Productivity Extensions Become Attack Platforms

September 30, 2026Natalie Zagarov

Our research uncovered a campaign of 32 malicious browser extensions that uses remote configs to spy on 9,800+ users and hijack browsing activity.

What’s new

Browse the latest reports for in-depth cybersecurity insights and emerging trends.

Akamai SOTI report titled Speed, Scale, and Nonhuman Identity: The Agentic Threat Landscape

Speed, Scale, and Nonhuman Identity: The Agentic Threat Landscape

Agentic AI is transforming cybersecurity, and organizations need to be ready for the next phase. Get the guideposts and analysis you need to prepare.

Top 5 enterprise AI risks

See telemetry data detailing the top five corporate AI threats and get a practical checklist for mitigating them.

Report: Retail bears brunt of commerce bot attacks

Retail was hit by 84% of Layer 7 DDoS attacks on commerce. See how AI-empowered botnets exploit visibility gaps and learn how to prepare your organization for peak purchasing dates.

Tools and resources

Open source threat management tools to expand your security knowledge

Infection Monkey

Put your network security to the test with this open source attack simulation tool from Akamai.

Botnet encyclopedia

Expand your knowledge of botnets found in the wild.

RPC toolkit

An open source repository to begin or further your journey into RPC.

GitHub repository

175+ repositories of open source tools from Akamai.

Our mission

With our unmatched visibility into the internet through Akamai Cloud, our mission is to:

Protect

Stay ahead of current and future threats with actionable intelligence and robust Akamai security solutions.

Analyze

Deliver insights that help security practitioners make smarter decisions.

Connect

Foster community engagement through collaboration and shared knowledge.

Empower

Build tools that empower teams and advance online security practices.

Protect

Stay ahead of current and future threats with actionable intelligence and robust Akamai security solutions.

Analyze

Deliver insights that help security practitioners make smarter decisions.

Connect

Foster community engagement through collaboration and shared knowledge.

Empower

Build tools that empower teams and advance online security practices.

Who we are

We are a global team of world-class researchers, engineers, strategists, and data scientists with a broad range of expertise and security disciplines. Our data sources include the enormous Akamai Cloud, open sources, collaboration with third parties, and dark web intelligence.

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