Akamai’s end of year review of the key events of 2020 affecting information security. Compiles findings from other SOTI reports with additional commentary and data from the Akamai service footprint. (more available)

This edition of the State of the Internet (SOTI)/Security report series focuses on the retail and hospitality sectors. An extensive review of how credential abuse attacks are carried out from both a methodology perspective and a volumetric angle is given. (more available)

Using Akamai’s global visibility and content delivery networks, this report covers the security threats present in the gaming industry. An exploration of how gamers are a growing lucrative target for criminals, including methods, geography, and recommendations. (more available)

Akamai examines the attack trends in the media sector over a 24-month period. This research is based on data gathered during regular Akamai operations and is based on a large volume of real events. (more available)

This report by Akamai, sought to find out how much consumers trust companies. The study found that American consumers are very forgiving with companies that have access to their personal information. (more available)

Akamai’s annual overview of security traffic trends for 2019.

This is the 6th annual SOTI from Akamai. The Key findings are: • Between November 2017 and October 2019, more than 40% of the unique DDoS targets were in the financial services industry • Traditional logins (username and password) still account for the majority (74%) of access methods to applications and services • From May to October 2019, credential stuffing attacks targeting the financial services industry have targeted APIs, often accounting for 75% or more of the total login attacks against financial services

From the report, “From January 2018 through June 2019, Akamai recorded more than 61 billion credential stuffing attempts and more than 4 billion web application attacks. (more available)

From the report, “We wanted to do something different for this report. Instead of looking at a single type of attack, we stepped back to look at attacks against banks, credit unions, trading companies, and other organizations that make up financial services as a whole. (more available)

This installment of State of the Internet / Security examines credential stuffing and web application attack trends over the last 17 months, with a focus on the gaming industry. (more available)

In this report, we’re going to give you an overview of the credential stuffing attacks in 2018 against the aforementioned sectors and look at the risks these attacks pose. (more available)

Akamai provides a thorough report to educated the industry on the attacks that are growing, evolving, and becoming more sophisticated.

From the report, “All three of our stories in this issue of the State of the Internet / Security report are about things most organizations aren’t examining. (more available)

The report covers a variety of issues but offers these key findings, Sometimes an “attack” isn’t exactly what it first appears to be, Bots are big money for attackers and they’re constantly evolving, Mental health issues cost U. (more available)

In this issue of the State of The Internet/Security report, they take a look back at some of the events they were a part of and the research the Akamai teams produced in the past 12 months. (more available)

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the fourth quarter of 2017

Contributors to this paper include security professionals, including the Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), the Threat Research Unit, Information Security, and the Custom Analytics group. (more available)

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the third quarter of 2017

In the Akamai State of the Internet - Security Report, you’ll get detailed cloud security insights about DDoS and web application attack trends observed across the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ for Q3 2016. (more available)

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the second quarter of 2017

This paper represents analysis and research based on data from Akamai’s global infrastructure and routed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) solution. (more available)