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GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack

7 years ago

IT LIFE: James Kretchmar, Akamai EMEA CTO

Akamai CTO talks us through IPv6, the Apollo Lunar Module and why he would study foreign languages if he wasn't…

7 years ago

Akamai Buys Startup CyberFend To Battle Bots In The Cloud And Online

Bot hunting tech will be added to Akamai's existing online security software

8 years ago

UK Is Leading Source Of DDoS Attacks

Akamai report identifies UK as leading originator of DDoS attacks

9 years ago

Banks, Media Firms Targeted By Cyber Extortionists DD4BC

DD4BC gang threatens businesses with DDoS attack unless they cough up £8,000 worth of Bitcoins

9 years ago

Akamai Warns Of ‘Mega Attacks’ As DDoS Numbers Double Again

DDoS attacks are getting less powerful but lasting longer - apart from increasingly frequent mega attacks capable of taking out…

9 years ago

DDoS Attacks Double In A Year As Akamai Warns Of Future IPv6 Threat

Akamai says attackers are changing tactics with DDoS now lasting longer but using less bandwidth

10 years ago

Akamai Identifies China As Main Source Of Cyber Attacks

New report reveals growing uptake of connected devices and identifies China as the biggest source of cyber attacks

10 years ago

DDoS Attacks Increasing In Size And Volume As Smart Devices Are Targeted

Akamai says DDoS attacks are getting stronger as attackers make use of new techniques

10 years ago

Akamai Buys Prolexic To Improve Protection Against DDoS Attacks

The company will pay £226 million to absorb the competition

11 years ago

Mt. Gox BitCoin Exchange “Hosted On Thousands Of Servers All Around The World”

The world’s largest BitCoin exchange partners with Akamai for speed and security

11 years ago

China Remains DDoS Traffic King Despite Indonesian Jump

China home to most DDoS attack traffic, but US source of most

11 years ago

InfoSec 2013: British Banks Threatened By DDoS Boom

US bank attackers have turned their attention to Europe, and UK financial institutions have been told to prepare

12 years ago

RSA 2012: Anonymous ‘Didn’t Kill Evil, They Fed The Man’

Josh Corman, of Akamai, says Anonymous failed to fight evil and just helped security firms sell their kit

12 years ago

Britain Still Lagging In Broadband League Table

New figures from Akamai have revealed that Britain's broadband network continues to trail rival European nations

12 years ago

Standalone Akamai Security Service Aims To Block DDoS Attacks

Akamai has announced Kona Site Defender security service to defend customers against various types of DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Akamai Expands Security, Compliance Features

Akamai's content delivery network now has features designed to help customers fend off DDoS attacks

13 years ago

Akamai Rates Bradford As UK Broadband Speedster

Bradford holds the UK's fastest overall broadband record but it is only 99th in the world rankings

14 years ago

IBM And Akamai Boost Cloud App Performance

The delivery of apps via the cloud have been accelerated thanks to a partnership between Akamai and IBM

14 years ago