Akamai Q1 2019 State of the Internet Report Highlights

Each quarter, the globally distributed Intelligent Platform allows Akamai to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress, as well as traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.

Each quarter, the globally distributed Intelligent Platform allows Akamai to gather massive amounts of data on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, network connectivity/availability issues, and IPv6 adoption progress, as well as traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.

These are the highlights on the Q1 2019 State of the Internet Report:

Criminals go where the money is. And these days, there?s real money to be stolen in the virtual world of gaming. Our 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, we counted 12 billion attacks. We went over to the darknet and found some surprising reasons why. We also found another surprise in our 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.

You can see the complete report here.