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Linux Systems Exploited for DDoS Attacks
Linux users have a new threat to worry about.According to Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering Research Team (PLXsert), the bad guys have discovered a weakness in Linux systems they can exploit to expand their botnets and launch DDoS attacks. PLXsert released an advisory outlining the danger this morning.The full advisory is available HERE.Also read Akamai Security Advocate Dave Lewis' CSOonline blog post about the threat.
Your network is under attack. What are your mitigati ...
Let's make one thing absolutely clear at the outset: the time to think about the best options for cyber-threat mitigation is NOT when your network is being attacked. In the best-case scenario you will already have a mitigation strategy in place for defending against both network-layer and application-layer attacks. The most important thing to know when you are building a multi-layered approach to securing web applications is that security solutions
Reminder: Social Engineering Isn't Just An Online Th ...
Shortly after DEF CON last month, friend and journalist Steve Ragan made an observation in his Salted Hash blog: People standing in the many long lines at the event were forgetting a basic social engineering risk.
6 Ways Young Upstarts Can Get Their Big Security Bre ...
Interviewing Akamai InfoSec's summer interns recently, I was reminded of a six-step guide I wrote a few years ago for CSOonline on how young people can get their break in the industry. I think the suggestions are as valid today as they were then.Also see:Meet Akamai InfoSec's 4th InternJamie Arlen on learning the play the role of InfoSec pro
What a Broken Arm Teaches Us About Incident Response
I originally wrote this for CSOonline's Salted Hash blog in 2011. But given all my focus on incident management of late, a re-share seems appropriate.You might find it weird that I'd find a teachable infosec moment in my son breaking his arm. But he did do it at a security meet-up, after all.
Account for Risk in your ROI for Web Application Fir ...
Earlier this week, we published a new white paper titled, "Weighing Risk Against the Total Cost of a Data Breach," on Akamai.com. Ordinarily, a white paper wouldn't be a particularly interesting subject for a blog post, but this one explores a topic that has generated a lot of questions from our customers - how do I financially justify a Web application firewall solution to my management?
Is Your Web Security in the Dark Ages?
The data center perimeter is dead - web assets cannot be protected by a fortress wall - but a historical view of web protection lives on in the way many IT departments continue to defend their infrastructures. Websites and web applications increasingly live outside the data center. Cloud-based applications and websites are at constant risk from web threats that are becoming more damaging and sophisticated by the day.
Meet Akamai InfoSec's 4th Intern
Last week I recorded a podcast interview with three of Akamai InfoSec's four summer interns. Due to a schedule conflict, the fourth intern -- Boston University Computer Science major Allan Wirth -- was interviewed separately.Wirth will be a senior this fall and hopes to embark on a career in web security. The work he did for Akamai will serve him well to that end. Under the supervision of InfoSec's
Public Compliance Docs: The List So Far (Updated)
As previously noted, Akamai InfoSec has been working to make its most sought after compliance documents publicly available. The goal is to make it easier for customers to access the answers they regularly seek, and also to show potential new customers how we operate. We're building the foundation in the form of a compliance page on the Akamai Security microsite, and hope to publish up to two fresh public docs a