“Best Practices for Protecting Against Phishing, Ransomware and Email Fraud”
Osterman Research conducted a survey among corporate decisions makers in early 2018 and found that nearly 28% of those organizations had experienced a phishing attack…
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 241
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/allied-universal-breached-by-maze-ransomware-stolen-data-leaked/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3454443/how-a-bank-got-hacked-a-study-in-how-not-to-secure-your-networks.html
Akamai Foundation and Social Responsibility
Recently, at Akamai, we launched the Akamai Foundation, to continue to reach a broader, more diverse range of young people with quality Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. We believe that this work is a vital part of securing…
5.0 Released!
We’ve officially released version 5.0 of the WiKID Strong Authentication Server. There are numerous improvements in this release, most under the hood. Speed is dramatically increased. We have setup a separate logging system so that logs no longer go…
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 240
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/breach-affecting-1-million-was-caught-only-after-hacker-maxed-out-targets-storage/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3452747/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-owasp-api-security-top-10-list.html
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How to Prevent Security Camera Hacking of Your Cameras
While homeowners consider wireless cameras as a way to protect their homes and loved ones, one of the many ironies is that these cameras can be less secure and used to commit crimes such as invasion of privacy and even assist in burglaries! Most survei…
In Conversation: Successful Women
Success is a tricky word to define. It means something different to everyone and can only be measured by an individual themselves. Often, success is seen as being about what an individual achieves, rather than about who they grow to…
Fake Cozy Bear Group Making DDoS Extortion Demands
A group calling themselves “Cozy Bear” has been emailing various companies with an extortion letter, demanding payment and threatening targeted DDoS attacks if their demands are not met….
XRay – Using For Recon Mapping And OSINT Suite
XRay is a software for recon, mapping and OSINT gathering from public networks.
XRay for network OSINT gathering, its goal is to make some of the initial tasks of information gathering and network mapping automatic.
How Does it Work?
XRay is a ve…
Phishing Detection via Analytic Networks
As mentioned in previous Akamai blogs, phishing is an ecosystem of mostly framework developers and buyers who purchase kits to harvest credentials and other sensitive information. Like many framework developers, those focusing on phishing kits want to …