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.
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.
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.
Low resolution video with buffering breaks disgusts viewers, according to research by Akamai.
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.
Web application attacks plagued the retail industry during Q3 of 2015, according to a new report by Akamai.
The number of DDoS attacks increased by 180 percent during the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2014.
CDN provider Akamai has launched a program that will provide startups with up to a year's access to its web and performance services for free.
Servers could be haunted by a ghost from the 1980s, as hackers have started abusing an obsolete routing protocol to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Australia has dipped in worldwide broadband connectivity rankings measured by Akamai according to the company’s quarterly State of the Internet report, despite a growth in average connection speeds.
The Internet is playing an important role in communications in Nepal after a devastating earthquake, as phone links were choked by the large number of people trying to connect.
A sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) blocked Dutch government and privately run commercial sites from the public for more than 10 hours Tuesday.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks were heavily targeted at the gaming and software/technology industries during Q4 of 2014 as cyber criminals sought to disrupt services, according to a new report by Akamai.
There is cautious optimism among IPv6 observers as greater awareness and an exploding number of IP-enabled devices drive more organisations to support the new Internet Protocol version.
Australians who exceeded their mobile data caps during this year's World Cup should blame their telcos for providing restrictive limits, according to broadcaster SBS.
Australia has fallen in broadband connectivity rankings measured by Akamai, according to the company’s latest State of the Internet report.