Q4 2017 Akamai State of The Internet / Security Report Shows Botnets Shift Focus to Credential Abuse
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Akamai Releases Fourth Quarter 2016 State of the Internet Security Report
PCQuest Akamai Technologies, Inc. today released its Fourth Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, provides analysis of the current cloud security and threat landscape, as … |
The annual holiday uptick in denial of service attacks will likely continue this year only this time with a new devastating weapon: Internet of Things (IoT) devices, according to Akamai.
In its quarterly State of the Internet/Security Report, the company says certain types of DDoS attacks are on the rise compared to the third quarter last year, both in size and number. That doesn’t bode well for users of the internet starting next week.
“Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the holiday season in general have long been characterized by a rise in the threat of DDoS attacks,” the report says. “Malicious actors have new tools — IoT botnets — that will almost certainly be used in the coming quarter.”
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