Here is a very quick announcement for users of the Kali Linux Docker Images.
Until recently we used to have a Docker image named simply kali, and it was built from the last versioned release of Kali (e.g. 2019.4, 2020.1, etc.) matching our “kali-…
The Face Your Fear Challenge Winner Has Been Selected!
In October 2021, YourLocalSecurity set out to find one brave soul to face their biggest fear head-on. After reading through all the applications, one person with a fear of gnomes caught our eye. “I have been absolutely terrified of garden gnomes since …
Discover and Announce: A Serverless Location Application Built on Akamai IoT Edge Connect
Learn about Discover and Announce, a 100% serverless application built on Akamai IoT Edge Connect, which can run entirely on the Akamai edge.
What to do when a foreigner dies in Spain
Navigating Spanish bureaucracy is never simple, and this is also true in difficult moments like the death of a loved one. Here are the steps to take if you need to deal with the death of a family member in Spain.
A Log4j Retrospective Part 2: Data Exfiltration and Remote Code Execution Exploits
Akamai CTO Charlie Gero shows how the Log4j threat surface could extend to unpatchable embedded and IoT devices.
Installing Rogue-jndi on Kali Linux
Following the previous tutorial in which we looked at the log4j vulnerability in VMWare vSphere server, I got some questions about how to set up a malicious LDAP server on Linux. The attacker controlled LDAP server is required to provide the malicious …
A Log4j Retrospective Part 1: Vulnerability Background
Learn about the widely used Java-based logging library Log4j and how its vulnerability and other capabilities presented a major opportunity to attackers.
Abuse and Fraud Prevention’s Co-Created Future ? Predictions for 2022 and Beyond
Explore some of the Akamai Abuse and Fraud Prevention team?s predictions for the future of abuse and fraud protection in 2022 and beyond.
Screaming Into the Void
When I look across different online mediums I find myself disconnected from the world, unable to find genuine connection with the conversations being had. How peculiar an experience in a world that is supposed to be so connected. I thought all the plat…
The Great Christmas Download
Video game downloads and console updates helped game industry traffic peak at 125% above average on Christmas day according to Akamai, which supports more than 225 game publishers globally.