SOTI 2018 - Intro

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The State of the Internet

Making sense of the new age of information security and web performance.

The State of the Internet series provides expert insights on the cloud security and web performance landscape, based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform.

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Security Report

2019 – A Year in Review

In this issue, we reexamine some of the year’s most important security developments, including research from Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT).

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Global Real-Time Data Visualizations

Global Industry Attack Dashboard

Informed Internet security metrics, including daily threat levels by industry and region.

IPv6 Adoption

Access IPv6 adoption rates at the country and network level.

Global Client Reputation

Daily updates on IP reputation by location and address.
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Larry Cashdollar

XMR Cryptomining Targeting x86/i686 Systems

We investigate a coin-mining malware that made a jump from ARM-powered IoT devices to Intel systems
Or Katz

Summer Phishing Scams Targeting Vacation Hotspotss

Our Research Team analyzes patterns and trends in a phishing attack campaign targeting vacationers.
Larry Cashdollar

Criminals Using Targeted Remote File Inclusion Attacks in Phishing Campaigns

We look at how investigating RFI vulnerability attacks uncovered a campaign to deploy phishing kits.
Asif Nadler

Adversarial DGA - Is It Out There?

We describe three Adversarial DGA attacks that were published recently, and a question whether they are actually used by attackers.
Lior Lahav

Pykspa v2 DGA Updated to Become Selective

Akamai researchers track and analyze recent changes to the Pykspa v2 domain generation algorithm (DGA) and how they have made it more selective.
Larry Cashdollar

SIRT Advisory: Silexbot Bricking Systems With Known Default Login Credentials

We look at a new bot using known default credentials for IoT devices to login and kill the system.
Or Katz

Phishing Analytics - Tracking A Campaign

We look at analytics and correlate various stats to better understand how phishing campaigns work from within.
Akamai Threat Research Team

CloudTest Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11011)

A new version of CloudTest is available that addresses a critical security vulnerability.
Wired

Clever New DDoS Attack Gets a Lot of Bang for a Hacker's Buck

Chad Seaman on the Akamai SIRT team’s WS-Discovery protocol exploitation research and how reflection DDoS attacks are a fact of life in the Internet.
Dark Reading

Phishers' Latest Tricks for Reeling in New Victims

Steve Ragan and Or Katz share their thoughts on the evolution of phishing techniques and how evasion is at the forefront of phishing kit creators.
CRN

8 DDoS Attack Trends To Watch For In 2020

Lisa Beegle on the latest DDoS attack trends, including how threat actors are embracing the DDoS for Hire underground market.
Fortune

Coin-mining Malware Jumps from Arm IoT Gear to Intel Servers

Chad Seaman discusses how DDoS as a Service is alive and well, and continues to be fueled by Akamai SIRT team’s latest discovery.
Venture Beat

Fortnite Ransomware Scams Should Force Developers and Gamers to Think About Security

Nelson Rodriguez discusses ransomware attacks against Fortnite players and how game publishers and players can help avoid and mitigate cyberattacks.
What's New In Publishing

Turning a Blind Eye to Bots to Protect Ad Revenue? Think Again

Tara Bartley writes about the dilemma that web publishers face when it comes to blocking bot traffic, despite the security risks they may pose.

Threat Advisory: Satori Mirai Variant Alert

Read the official threat intelligence brief of the Satori Mirai Variant Alert published by Akamai on December 6, 2017.

Threat Advisory: CLDAP Reflection

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) recently identified a new Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP) reflection and amplification method. This advisory analyzes the capabilities of and potential defenses against this new type of reflection attack.

Akamai Security Intelligence & Threat Research Blog

Read the latest insights and commentary on relevant topics from Akamai's experts in security intelligence and threat research.

Web Attack Visualization

View threat levels by industry and region, countries launching the web attacks, and the most common Internet attack methods.

Real-Time Web Monitor

View global regions targeted by the greatest web attack traffic, cities with the slowest web connections, and geographic areas with the most web traffic.

Network Performance Comparison

Optimize in real time to improve performance and reliability.

Real-Time Content Delivery

Get real-time visibility into web traffic and attacks.

Global Client Reputation Visualization

Updated daily, the IP reputation map shows the location of each IP address listed in Akamai's Kona Client Reputation dataset. The visualization displays the networks hosting these IP addresses.

IPv6 Adoption Visualization

Review IPv6 adoption trends at a country or network level.

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