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The world of APIs is changing fast ? as is what it takes to secure them. Our new Power of N campaign explains why.

Guardicore Labs uncovers a Ransomware detection campaign targeting MySQL servers. Attackers use Double Extortion and publish data to pressure victims.

In the beginning of April, three attacks detected in the Guardicore Global Sensor Network (GGSN) caught our attention. All three had source IP addresses originating in South-Africa and hosted by VolumeDrive ISP (see IoCs).

Our deception technology is able to reroute attackers into honeypots, where they believe that they found their real target. The attacks brute forced passwords for RDP credentials to connect to the victim download and execute a previously undetected malware, which we named Trojan.sysscan.

Guardicore security researchers describe and uncover a full analysis of a cryptomining attack, which hid a cryptominer inside WAV files. The report includes the full attack vectors, from detection, infection, network propagation and malware analysis and recommendations for optimizing incident response processes in data centers.

In this Akamai FLAME Trailblazer blog post, Rachel Bayley encourages women to step into the unknown and to be their authentic selves.

Read a summary of the latest SOTI report, which tackles the security risks in web applications and APIs, and the infrastructure that powers them

In this Akamai FLAME Trailblazer blog, Elizabeth Padley tells us that as an international employment lawyer in tech, she has learned to expect the unexpected.

Learn how Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance helps organizations meet the latest payment security updates and clarifications outlined in PCI DSS v4.0.1.

Patches are raining down like Independence Day fireworks. July 2024?s Patch Tuesday has 137 total CVEs and one vulnerability found in the wild.