FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will. Dean Baker / @deanbaker13 : Trump says he can claim extraordinary powe...
Akamai plans to end its CDN services in China on June 30, 2026, moving clients to an Akamai CDN outside China unless they switch to a local option like Tencent
Simon Sharwood / The Register :
Akamai agrees to acquire Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for ~$450M, closing in Q2 2024; Noname was valued at $1B in December 2021
A couple of weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that Akamai was in discussions to acquire Noname Security, a specialist in API security, for around $500 million.
Akamai: US Post Office phishing sites got significantly more DNS queries, cumulatively, than the legitimate website during some weeks of the 2023 holiday season
Security researchers analyzing phishing campaigns that target United States Postal Service (USPS) saw that the traffic …
Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021
~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …
Source: Akamai is in advanced talks to buy Noname Security, which finds and fixes API vulnerabilities, for $500M; the startup was valued at $1B in December 2021
~$200M series B+C 1x preference will leave $300m for seed and series A investors plus employees. …
Tel Aviv-based Valence Security, which helps secure SaaS supply chains, raised a $25M Series A led by Microsoft's M12, with Akamai and others participating
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Akamai: web application attacks on the gaming industry increased 167% YoY from May 2021-April 2022, and 37% of all DDoS attacks were against the gaming sector
Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : Thanks: @leigh_mc_gowran
Akamai: web application attacks on the gaming industry increased 167% YoY from May 2021-April 2022, and 37% of all DDoS attacks were against the gaming sector
Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic :
Akamai says attackers are exploiting a fleet of 100K+ misconfigured servers to amplify DDoS attacks on banking, travel, gaming, media, and web-hosting sites
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :