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Akamai Security Intelligence Group

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Bring Your Own EDR: How to Turn a Commercial EDR into a Trojan Horse

August 07, 2026Shahak Morag

Discover how bringing your own EDR can turn trusted security software into a weaponized Trojan horse.

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CVE-2026-66066: Defending Against the “KindaRails2Shell” Pre-Auth RCE

July 30, 2026Akamai Security Intelligence Group

Learn about CVE-2026-66066, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Ruby on Rails Active Storage (KindaRails2Shell), and how to stay protected.

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CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137: Mitigating a Critical Unauthenticated RCE Chain in WordPress

July 20, 2026Akamai Security Intelligence Group

Learn about CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137, a critical unauthenticated RCE chain in WordPress Core. Understand the attack surface and how to stay protected.

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What’s new

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

New report: Top 5 Enterprise AI Risks

See telemetry data detailing the top 5 corporate AI threats and get a practical checklist for mitigating them.

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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.

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Report: AI Botnets & API Risks in Finance

Banking absorbed 83% of API attacks in 2025. See how AI-empowered botnets exploit visibility gaps in our exclusive report.

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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.

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Botnet encyclopedia

Expand your knowledge of botnets found in the wild.

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RPC toolkit

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

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GitHub repository

175+ repositories of open source tools from Akamai.

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

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Analyze

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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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