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Google clamps down on apps powering WireX botnet

A coalition of researchers has revealed details about a joint effort by Akamai, Cloudflare, Flashpoint, Google, Oracle Dyn, RiskIQ, Team Cymru and other organisations to take down the WireX botnet.
‘The tragedy of the commons’ in the IoT ecosystem

I recently attended a cybersecurity conference in Australia and it was amazing to me just how polemic Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) is right now.
Crappy streamed video makes us sad and disgusted, research suggests

Low resolution video with buffering breaks disgusts viewers, according to research by Akamai.
Akamai reveals 125 per cent jump in DDoS attacks

Akamai has recorded a large year-on-year increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, with its Q1 State of the Internet – Security report also revealing significant growth in 100Gbps+ DDoS attacks.
Retail the number one target for Web application attacks

Web application attacks plagued the retail industry during Q3 of 2015, according to a new report by Akamai.

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