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Shellshock CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278 Details R ...
Yesterday, we released an article on Akamai's security site detailing all of the CVE advisories now in circulation for Shellshock, and how they relate to Akamai's mitigation strategies. At the time we published, details had not yet been released for two of the six advisories -- CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278. Late yesterday, those details were finally released.
Shellshock Update
The Shellshock vulnerability, originally announced as one critical issue in bash that allowed an adversary to execute arbitrary code, has grown from one vulnerability to six in the last week. For background on Shellshock, we've collected an overview and list of the vulnerabilities; for some history on Akamai's initial responses, read our original blog post. Shellshock raised a lot of questions among our customers, peers, auditors, and prospects. This
Akamai Edge 2014: A Look at the Web Security Track ( ...
In two weeks, I'll be at the Akamai Edge customer conference. It's a terrific opportunity to meet face-to-face with a lot of our customers and get their feedback on what's working for them and what we can improve upon. A robust Web Security track of talks is planned, and I'll be blogging about it. The security track will run each day of Edge. Here's a partial list of what's planned:
Environment Bashing
[UPDATE: 9/25/2014 11:30AM] Akamai is aware that the fix to CVE-2014-6271 did not completely address the critical vulnerability in the Bourne Again Shell (bash). This deficiency is documented in CVE-2014-7169. The new vulnerability presents an unusually complex threat landscape as it is an industry-wide risk. Akamai systems and internal Akamai control systems have been or are being urgently patched or otherwise mitigated in prioritized order of criticality. Akamai has developed
PLXsert warns of Spike DDoS Toolkit
Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering and Research Team (PLXsert) is tracking the spread of Spike, a new malware toolkit that poses a threat to embedded devices, as well as Linux and Windows systems. Several versions of Spike can communicate and execute commands to infected Windows, desktop Linux and ARM-based devices running the Linux operating system (OS), PLXsert said in an advisory Wednesday morning.
Good Recognition for Akamai's Real-Time Web Monitor
Analyst Daniel Humphries has written a review of several threat monitoring tools for the "Software Advice" website, including a positive assessment of Akamai's Real-Time Web Monitor. Ours was among five tools Humphries looked at in his report, "Spotlight: Threat Visualizations." The others were Kaspersky's Cyberthreat Real-Time Map, Digital Attack Map -- a joint project between Google and security vendor Arbor Networks -- the Deutsche Telekom Attack Meter, and Trend Micro's
Coming Soon: New Security Whiteboard Videos
Last year, we released a bunch of videos containing security whiteboard lessons on a variety of topics. This Thursday we shoot four new episodes. Below is a preview of each episode.To see previous security whiteboard videos, go here and here.
Security Topics at Akamai Edge 2014: A Primer
Each year at Akamai Edge we update customers on some of the more persistent threats we've dealt with in the 12 months prior. Slides detailing the 2013 threat picture are available here. For an idea of what we'll be sharing at Edge 2014 in a couple weeks, I've assembled this primer. The following blog posts capture the main threats that have kept us busy in recent months:
Public Compliance Docs: The List So Far (Updated Sep ...
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 month. What follows is