March 23, 2020 by Katherine-Harrison-Adcock

Akamai Security Reports on Surges in API Credential-Stuffing

In an interview with Akamai security researcher Steve Reagan, Threatpost writer Lindsey O’Donnel reports that currently “up to 75 percent of all credential abuse attacks against the financial services industry in 2019 targeted APIs directly (rather than user-facing login pages).” Regan pointed to a particular example of a credit stuffing attack which included 55 million malicious login attempts.

Cybersecurity path
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Does Anyone know how a beginner like me in tech can start learning cyber security or starting a career in cyber engineering? […]
GBase 8a Implementation Guide: Performance Optimization
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1. Hardware Configuration Recommendations CPU Ensure the BIOS settings are in non-power-saving mode to prevent the CPU from throttling. For servers using Intel CPUs that are not deployed in a multi-instance environment, it is recommended to disable the... […]
Build an Advanced RAG App: Query Rewriting
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In the last article, I established the basic architecture for a basic RAG app. In case you missed that, I recommend that you first read that article. That will set the base from which we can improve our RAG system. Also in that last article, I listed s... […]
Extracting YouTube Channel Statistics in Python Using YouTube Data API
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Are you interested in finding out what a YouTube channel mostly discusses? Do you want to analyze YouTube videos of a specific channel? If yes, we are in the same boat. YouTube video titles are a great way to determine the channel's primary focus. Plotting a word cloud or a ... […]
Contexts in Go: A Comprehensive Guide
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Contexts in Go provide a standard way to pass metadata and control signals between goroutines. They are mainly used to manage task execution time, data passing, and operation cancellation. This article covers different types of contexts in Go and examp... […]