I decided to pursue a career in IT after working as a support engineer for internal employees as part of my very first job. It immediately opened my eyes to something that I found as interesting as I did shocking: Lots of people don?t understand inform…
Quantifying Log4Shell: Vulnerability on a Massive Scale
The Log4Shell vulnerability is here to stay. There is a lot of speculation about the scope and true impact of the vulnerability: While many have labeled it ?severe,? information is limited on how widespread the risk is. In order to shed some light on t…
How to Get Started With Application Security
With a comprehensive security stack, Akamai?s application security solutions defend your entire ecosystem from threats. But before you can reap the benefits that come with application security, you need to create a configuration with Akamai?s APIs. Our…
Akamai Reports Another DoS in Log4j2 (CVE-2021-45105): What You Need to Know
The series of vulnerabilities recently discovered in Log4j2 has shocked the internet. As part of our continuing research, on December 17, Hideki Okamoto from Akamai found and responsibly reported an additional denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, whi…
Threat Intelligence on Log4j CVE: Key Findings and Their Implications
Continuing with our research into CVE-2021-44228, Akamai has previously written about what the vulnerability is and given recommendations on how to go beyond patching for extra protection. Across the Akamai network, we see traffic from 1.3 billion uniq…
Log4Shell VMware vCenter Server (CVE-2021-44228)
Log4Shell is a critical vulnerability with the highest possible CVSSv3 score of 10.0 that affects thousands of products running Apache Log4j and leaves millions of targets potentially vulnerable. CVE-2021-44228 affects log4j versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14….
Akamai Recommendations for Log4j Mitigation
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Livery Delivers a Seamless Low Latency Streaming Experience with Help from Akamai
Our new normal has ushered in the advent of hybrid events ? a mix of in-person and virtual events. This has made seamless live streaming with active participation of the audience, both live and remote, more important than ever. Amsterdam-headquartered …
Magecart Skimmers Are Alive and Well ? Constant Vigilance Is Required
Magecart skimmers are here to stay, and they?re becoming more sophisticated, more creative, and harder to detect. In this post, we reveal a new skimmer infrastructure that targets ecommerce sites all over the world with advanced methods of detection ev…
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