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Arming the Defenders: A SOTI Report for Those Who Protect the Enterprise

February 11, 2025
Defenders, this one is for you. Read this SOTI report to get actionable insights from cybersecurity experts who battle cyberthreats every day.
by Mitch Mayne
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Exploring a VPN Appliance: A Researcher’s Journey

February 11, 2025
Akamai researchers explore Fortinet FortiOS and discover multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to denial-of-service and remote code execution attacks.
by Ben Barnea
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Cryptominers’ Anatomy: Cryptomining Internals

February 06, 2025
Part one of this three-part cryptominers’ anatomy series examines cryptocurrency fundamentals, including which mining topologies used by attackers and why.
by Maor Dahan
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AkaRank

Improve threat intelligence quality with robust, daily domain ranking based on data from Akamai Connected Cloud.

Infection Monkey

Put your network security to the test with this open source attack simulation tool from Akamai.

Botnet Encyclopedia

Expand your knowledge of botnets found in the wild.

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RPC toolkit

An open source repository to begin or further your journey into RPC.

Our mission

With our unmatched visibility into the internet through Akamai Connected Cloud, our mission is to:

  • Protect against current and future threats by sharing actionable intelligence and continually enhancing Akamai’s security solutions
  • Produce meaningful insights for our fellow security practitioners
  • Increase community engagement through our work
  • Build tools that empower security teams and offer novel ways of practicing security
  • Help create a more secure online world

Who we are

We are a global team of world-class researchers, engineers, strategists, and data scientists with a broad range of expertise and security disciplines. Our data sources include the enormous Akamai Connected Cloud, open sources, collaboration with third parties, and dark web intelligence. We have also developed our own algorithms and tools that help us deliver our research and keep Akamai security solutions up to date.

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