barneybeal

Former tech journalist, Content Director, now writing copy for Akamai. Views are my own.

[Bob O'Brien @rvobrien]

The DOJ recently took down Anonymous Sudan, a major player in DDoS attacks known for politically motivated hacktivism. @Akamai played a key role in this effort, marking a big step toward a safer internet. Learn how. #AkamaiSecurity https://t.co/E0bPM5iFeB

[Akamai Security Intelligence Group @akamai_research]

Akamai SIRT has confirmed the CUPS service can be leveraged to stage DDoS attacks.

To begin the attack, the attacking system only needs to send a single packet to a vulnerable and exposed CUPS service with internet connectivity.

Full write-up:
https://t.co/vkJojySe6G

[Akamai Technologies @Akamai]

Akamai announces intent to acquire Noname Security, extending comprehensive API protection for customers across all environments. https://t.co/EeEpsnbej1

[Akamai Technologies @Akamai]

Get both broad visibility and granular control to manage your complex environment — and get it up and running quickly. https://t.co/BjoJuUtPeB

[barneybeal @barneybeal]

A Retrospective on DDoS Trends in 2023 and Actionable Strategies for 2024 | Akamai https://t.co/XsKP2mPf1J

[barneybeal @barneybeal]

Akamai Prevents the Largest DDoS Attack on a U.S. Financial Company | Akamai https://t.co/5VoAPCFBA3

[Tommy Cormier @cormier1911]

Attacking systems via the API has become so popular that scraping content has gone from websites to the API itself. Hear more from @Akamai's Patrick Sullivan in this Federal Tech Podcast. @RayGilray #cybersecurity https://t.co/q8eoCH8lsd

[Akamai Technologies @Akamai]

Last year’s Q3 saw a record number of #phishing attacks. See the infographic. https://t.co/tR4l4kOZlu

[barneybeal @barneybeal]

@lizherbert Wow. That seems like big news. Is anyone besides the financial press covering it?

[Liz Herbert @lizherbert]

Salesforce to raise prices by 9% across major products, announced today.

[Sam Ro 📈 @SamRo]

Here's who's playing pickleball

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

New Science paper argues horses came to the Americas earlier than previously thought—a conclusion that, if it holds up, rewrites the history of the N. American West. Strikingly, the article is from a team of archaeologists, geneticists, and Lakota researchers and elders. 1/15

[barneybeal @barneybeal]

I remember that game well. And is that Felton Spencer in there too? So sad.

[barneybeal @barneybeal]

Bates College names its first Black president https://t.co/Nrdfn0tROl

[Akamai Security Intelligence Group @akamai_research]

Our team has discovered several bugs throughout our extensive research into MS-RPC.

Some of them can even be chained together.

Read about CVE-2022-37998 and CVE-2022-37973, two vulns within the Local Session Manager interface.

Write-up:
https://t.co/Mz41vKjMs5

[EJFinthecloud @EJFinthecloud]

You want egress? @Akamai's cloud computing services are here for you with loooowwwww egress fees. But don't just take my word for it.... https://t.co/13yXPtR3RX

[Tom Leighton @TomLeightonAKAM]

World Cup Final (Argentina vs. France on Dec 18) shattered records too by hitting peak traffic of 91 Tbps, the highest for any live sporting event ever delivered by Akamai

[BostInno @BostInno]

NESN is partnering with Akamai Technologies Inc., a Cambridge-based internet giant, to livestream all 2022-23 Bruins home games and future Red Sox home games. https://t.co/cferCKs8nL

[Kim Salem-Jackson @Ksalem09]

Proud of @Akamai’s marketing team recognized w two 2022 MarCom Platinum Awards for our Life Online campaign, bringing our #purpose & #mission to life as the #cloud company that powers and protects like online. #LifeWithAkamai

[Oryan De Paz @OryanDP]

Meet dhpcd, my first malware! ☺️👾

This cryptominer was running long before we've even heard of covid-19.
So how did it stay so long under the hood?
Read here >>
https://t.co/3hPKqbhgMv

Bonus fact: that's also my first blog post at @akamai_research 😜