#prolexic

[datacentercafe]

アカマイのDDoS対策サービスが誤ってオーストラリアの銀行他をダウン

6月17日、Akamai（アカマイ）の Prolexic サービスが裏目に出ました。 Prolexic サービスはオンライン攻撃を防御するのではなく、オーストラリアとニュージーランドの銀行、航空会社、郵便局などの主要顧客をダウンさせてしまいました。 Prolexic…

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DDoS for Bitcoin Campaigns on the Rise

DDoS for Bitcoin Campaigns on the Rise

Researchers at Recorded Future reported that cyber crime groups are increasingly extorting money from victims of DDoS attacks, and they noted that Bitcoin may be partly responsible for this new devious ploy. According to Tyler Bradshaw, the solutions engineer for Recorded Future, Bitcoin drew more scoundrels since it is relatively new and unregulated, thereby enabling extortionists to receive…

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What is a DDoS Scrubbing Center?

What is a DDoS Scrubbing Center?

DDoS attacks are growing larger and more complex every day. Today’s hackers can easily send 300GB per second of malicious traffic at a website or application. That’s simply too much for most local hardware appliances and even many cloud based security solutions. If your company depends on your website for revenue, you need a strong DDoS mitigation solution to reduce risk to your business. While…

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[finster]

This is what it looks like when Sony routes all of your PSN sign in attempts to Prolexic.

[varindia]

Akamai to acquire Prolexic

  For protecting data centers and enterprise IP applications from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, Akamai Technologies(NASDAQ:AKMA) has reportedly signed a definitive agreement to acquire Prolexic, a provider of cloud-based security solutions.   By acquiring Prolexic, Akamai intends to provide customers with a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions designed to defend an enterprise’s Web and IP infrastructure against application-layer, network-layer and data center attacks delivered via the Internet. “Any company doing business on the Internet faces an evolving threat landscape of attacks aimed at disrupting operations, defacing the brand, or attempting to steal sensitive data and information. By joining forces with Prolexic, we intend to combine Akamai’s leading security and performance platform with Prolexic’s highly-regarded DDoS mitigation solutions for data center and enterprise applications protection. We believe that Prolexic’s solutions and team will help us achieve our goal of making the Internet fast, reliable, and secure,” said Tom Leighton, CEO, Akamai.  “Today, business is defined by the availability, security and latency of Internet-facing applications, data and infrastructure. Being able to rely on one provider for Internet performance and security greatly simplifies resolution of network availability issues and offers clients clear lines of accountability.  We believe that, together, we will be able to deliver an unprecedented level of network visibility and protection,” said Scott Hammack, CEO, Prolexic Under the terms of the agreement, Akamai will acquire all of the outstanding equity of Prolexic in exchange for a net cash payment of approximately $370 million, after expected purchase price adjustments, plus the assumption of outstanding unvested options to purchase Prolexic stock.   The closing of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to occur in the first half of 2014. Therefore, Akamai’s Q4 2013 existing guidance remains unchanged. The acquisition of Prolexic is expected to be slightly dilutive to Akamai’s Non-GAAP net income per share in the first full year post closure in the range of $0.06 to $0.08.  Once the acquisition closes......See More

[qualitypointtech-blog]

Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) has announced that it is buying Prolexic Technologies Inc. for about $370 million.

[fileencryption]

DDOS attacks are constantly increasing in 2013, report says  

  Distributed Denial of service attacks (DDoS) are increasing in number, duration and frequency, says a DDoS mitigation providernamed Prolexic in a study covering the first quarter of 2013. It seems that all DDoS in 2013 exceeded an average attack bandwidth of 48.25 GB in comparison with the last three months of 2012, when we [...]

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