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[ 2019 ] State of the Internet / Web Attacks & Gaming Abuse

Criminals go where the money is. And these days, there’s real money to be stolen in the virtual world of gaming.
Akamai’s latest State of the Internet / Security report delves into the growing popularity of credential stuffing attacks against the gaming industry.
In one 17-month period, they counted 12 billion attacks. They went over to the darknet and found some surprising reasons why.
They also found another surprise in their study: Two vectors account for nearly 90% of all web application attacks. Also in this issue, Akamai CMO Monique Bonner shares three unexpected observations about security professionals.