Welcome to the Akamai October 2020 Update – a week of product updates, new features, and innovations. We’ll be highlighting a different area of our portfolio each day this week. In today’s post, we look at our enhanced edge computing capabilities and h…
Greg Rattray Invented the Term Advanced Persistent Threat
I was so pleased to read this Tweet yesterday from Greg Rattray:”Back in 2007, I coined the term “Advanced Persistent Threat” to characterize emerging adversaries that we needed to work with the defense industrial base to deal with… Since …
Cyber-attacks on Angolan Journalists Who Reported Government Corruption
Journalists in Angola hit by cyber-attacks after reporting that the president’s chief of staff had embezzled money
Tennessee Health Data Management Firm Agrees to $2m Data Breach Settlement
Community Health Systems settles charges brought by 28 states over 2014 data breach
US to Grow Space Force Cybersecurity Team
Pentagon to reassign over 1K enlisted personnel to US Space Force cybersecurity team
Parents Using School Payment Service Have Card Details Compromised
A hacker harvested payment details via a spoof page
Global Privacy Control Launched to Offer Users Greater Internet Trust
Global Privacy Control offers better understanding of online trust
Marketing Firm Spills Nearly Three Million Records
Cloud configuration snafu to blame again
Online Romance Scams Spike Under Lockdown
Police run awareness campaign as £66 million is lost over the past year
Fake News Named Biggest Global Cybercrime Concern
First World Risk Poll compiled from views of 150,000 participants