--- title: "Akamai Finds Geopolitical Tensions Driving Surge in DDoS Attacks on Financial Institutions | AKAM Stock News" type: "News" locale: "zh-CN" url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/214482614.md" description: "Akamai Technologies' latest report reveals that financial services are the most targeted sector for DDoS attacks, accounting for 34% of incidents, driven by geopolitical tensions and hacktivist activities. The report highlights a significant rise in phishing and brand impersonation, with financial services facing 68% of counterfeit domains. Notable threat actors include REvil and Anonymous Sudan. The report aims to assist cybersecurity professionals in navigating the complex threat landscape and offers strategies for mitigating DDoS attacks and other cyber threats." datetime: "2024-09-17T10:28:00.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/214482614.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/214482614.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/214482614.md) --- > 支持的语言: [English](https://longbridge.com/en/news/214482614.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/214482614.md) # Akamai Finds Geopolitical Tensions Driving Surge in DDoS Attacks on Financial Institutions | AKAM Stock News _Financial services is also most at risk for phishing and brand impersonation_ , /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc.(NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today released a new State of the Internet (SOTI) report that shows financial services remains the most frequently targeted industry by Layers 3 and 4 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for the second consecutive year. Navigating the Rising Tide: Attack Trends in Financial Servicesfinds that financial services account for 34% of DDoS attacks. This is followed by gaming at 18% and high technology at 15%. Layer 3 and Layer 4 DDoS attacks target network and transport layers, overwhelming network infrastructure and exhausting server resources and bandwidth. The report reveals that the increased DDoS events stem from ongoing geopolitical tensions, which have fueled a surge in hacktivist activities. This includes one of the largest cyberattacksAkamai has ever observed against a major financial services company in Israel. Navigating the Rising Tide: Attack Trends in Financial Services also details the involvement of well-known threat actors such asREvil, BlackCat (ALPHV), Anonymous Sudan, KillNet, and NoName057 — all notable for their activities related to the Russia-Ukraine war. Other main findings of the report include: - Financial services is the sector most impacted by brand impersonation and abuse (36%). This is far ahead of the second most targeted vertical — commerce (26%). - Phishing dominates the counterfeit domains that are targeting financial services, accounting for 68% of all recorded instances. Brand impersonation follows in second place, representing 24% of all recorded domains. - Akamai observed sharp increases in the number of Layer 7 DDoS attacks that specifically target APIs. Of particular concern are undocumented shadow APIs, which are often unprotected because information security teams are unaware of their existence. Attackers can exploit these APIs to exfiltrate data, bypass authentication controls, or perform disruptive acts. - DDoS event frequency doesn't always correlate with attack intensity. Although some months show few attacks, the corresponding data indicates significant traffic spikes, emphasizing the need to consider both attack frequency and volume when assessing DDoS attacks. "Cybercrime poses a significant threat to the financial services sector as it tries to cause widespread disruption and serious economic damage," said Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO at Akamai. "This report is designed specifically to help financial services cybersecurity professionals around the globe understand the increasingly complex threat landscape and best practices to protect customers." Navigating the Rising Tide: Attack Trends in Financial Servicesalso features a guest column from the Global Head of Intelligence at FS-ISAC; a case study on credential stuffing attacks; a security spotlight on DDoS attack intensity; regional data; sections on Zero Trust and microsegmentation; and mitigation strategies for defending against DDoS attacks, phishing, brand abuse, and ransomware. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Akamai's SOTI reports. The SOTI series provides expert insights on the cybersecurity and web performance landscapes, based on data gathered **About Akamai Security** Akamai Security protects the applications that drive your business at every point of interaction, without compromising performance or customer experience. By leveraging the scale of our global platform and its visibility to threats, we partner with you to prevent, detect, and mitigate threats, so you can build brand trust and deliver on your vision. Learn more about Akamai's cloud computing, security, and content delivery solutions atakamai.com andakamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies onX, formerly known as Twitter, andLinkedIn. **Contact **Jim Lubinskas Akamai Media Relations 703.907.9103 jlubinsk@akamai.com SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc. ### 相关股票 - [Akamai Tech (AKAM.US)](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/AKAM.US.md) ## 相关资讯与研究 - [Akamai Technologies CFO Sells Shares](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278611139.md) - [Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Valuation Check After Recent Short Term Share Price Momentum](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/272676724.md) - [Akamai Secures Critical Infrastructure with Agentless Zero Trust Segmentation Powered by NVIDIA | AKAM Stock News](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/276624003.md) - [Akamai EVP Global Sales Paul C. 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