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. They also examine a few of the stories that formed the background in security this year.

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.

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.

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.

Get detailed cloud security insights about DDoS and web application attack trends observed across the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ for Q1 2016. Highlights include: 1) A 23% increase in DDoS attacks and a 26% increase in web application attacks, compared with Q4 2015, setting new records for the number of attacks in the quarter 2) The rise in repeat DDoS attacks, with an average of 29 attacks per targeted customer – including one customer who was targeted 283 times 3) The continued rise in multi-vectored attacks (56% of all DDoS attacks mitigated in Q1 2016), making mitigation more difficult

This report gives a detailed breakdown of DDoS attacks in Q4 of 2015.

This quarter’s report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform during the third quarter of 2015, covering Internet connection speeds and broadband adoption metrics as well as trends seen in this data over time. In addition, the report includes insight into the state of IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 adoption, Internet disruptions that occurred during the quarter, and observations from Akamai partner Ericsson regarding data and voice traffic growth on mobile networks.

This quarter’s report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform during the third quarter of 2015, covering Internet connection speeds and broadband adoption metrics as well as trends seen in this data over time. In addition, the report includes insight into the state of IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 adoption, Internet disruptions that occurred during the quarter, and observations from Akamai partner Ericsson regarding data and voice traffic growth on mobile networks.

This whitepaper provides some insight into a Fast Flux Network and its ability to deal with attacks.

From the report, “This quarter, we’re taking a deeper look into the attacks directed against the hospitality industry - including hotel, travel, and airline sites - in an effort to understand why five out of six logins at these sites use fake or stolen credentials. We were surprised to find that many of these login attempts were coming from Russia and China, a departure from the general attack trends.”

This Quaterly report continues Akamai’s breakdown of the internet security events that occurred in the first Quarter of 2018.