Introduction I published a new book!The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 3: Current Events, Law, Wise People, History, and Appendices is the third title in the TaoSecurity Blog series. It’s in the Kindle Store, and if you have an Unlimi…
Discussing the Philippine Air Force’s Heavy Lift Helicopter Project as Russia wins with the Mil Mi-171 Hip
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has embarked on the acquisition of Heavy Lift Helicopters as part of its 2nd List of Horizon 2 Phase projects. This project aims to provide the PAF with larger helicopters than what it currently has, to fit certain c…
My Path to Akamai
Three years ago, I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering (Mechatronic) from University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. I was to be an engineer in the oil and gas industry – but the universe had a better plan for me. Instead, I stepped …
Philippine Air Force to restart acquisition of Maritime Patrol Aircraft under the Long Range Patrol Aircraft Project
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is preparing to re-introduce one of its long-forgotten projects, which it now plans to re-implement under Fiscal Year 2021.The PAF’s Long Range Patrol Aircraft (LRPA) Acquisition Project is originally a Horizon 1 phase pr…
Security and the One Percent: A Thought Exercise in Estimation and Consequences
There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this post, you’re the member of an exclusive club. I call it the security one percent, or the security 1% or #securityonepercent on Twitter. This is shorthand for the assortment of people and organizations w…
Phishing JavaScript Obfuscation Techniques Soars
In our previous blogs, first where we explained JavaScript Obfuscation techniques and introduced a detailed overview on how JavaScript is being used to obfuscate page content to make phishing attacks and other web scams as evasive as possible; followed…
Onboarding During A Pandemic: Can It Really Work? New Joiner, Lily Nguyen, Shares Her Experience.
I recently joined the Sales Development APAC team, looking after the Vietnam, Thailand and Hong Kong markets. I’d already had a great impression of Akamai’s culture from my interview rounds. But how would the onboarding work? I’d been looking forward t…
The Tale of Double JavaScript Obfuscated Scam
The phishing landscape is constantly evolving. Over the years, it has evolved into a more scalable threat, with an overwhelming amount of campaigns being launched daily. Phishing also changed when criminals started adding more capabilities and features…
Akamai Edge Cloud: Scaling IoT, Part 2
IoT has tremendous possibilities to transform our world but will fall short of expectations if the underlying infrastructure cannot support the rapid exchange of massive amounts of information from billions of simultaneous and intermittent connections….
ATA 8.0 Graduation Ceremony
Akamai Technical Academy is a training program designed for people who have an interest and aptitude for technology but may not come from a traditional technical background. Up until now, we have successfully onboarded over 140 incredible people in thr…