The Digital Terrain Is Shifting — Are Your Apps and APIs Ready?

As AI adoption accelerates, so do AI-driven attacks.
In their new research report, Akamai Technologies uncovers the evolving threats facing web applications and APIs — and how organizations can respond before attackers get ahead.

State of Apps and API Security 2025: How #AI Is Shifting the Digital Terrain explores the sharp rise in automated, intelligent threats — and the new defenses emerging to meet them.

Download the full report here: https://itspm.ag/akamaixmwd
Research like this helps #security professionals, #leaders, and #developers stay ahead of the curve — and shape the future of #digital defense.

We’re also proud to feature Akamai in our RSAC 2025 coverage — with a Brand Story recorded pre-event and a follow-up conversation happening on location at the conference in San Francisco with Rupesh Chokshi, Sean Martin, CISSP, and Marco Ciappelli.

Watch the pre-event recording here: https://youtu.be/DMm6INJ_2Z8

A huge thank you to the Akamai team for sponsoring our coverage and sharing their insights with our global audience.

Check out the report and stay tuned for more from RSAC:

Download the Report: https://itspm.ag/akamaixmwd
Explore our RSAC 2025 Coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/events/rsac-2025

WIC Digital Academy's cybersecurity training explores AI for Good & coordinated response. Experts & Asian leaders tackled AI safety, GenAI in cyber defense, & collaborative strategies for a secure digital age. #AICybersecurity #GlobalTech #DigitalDefense

In a world where security threats are evolving faster than ever, how are you staying ahead of the misinformation curve? Let’s talk strategies for safeguarding our digital space. #InfoSecurity #DigitalDefense https://smallwarsjournal.com/2025/03/25/still-raging-against-the-machines-preventive-defense-in-the-age-of-social-media-platforms/

Password Hygiene: Rotating the Wardrobe of Digital Defense #PasswordHygiene #PasswordRotation #SmallBusinessSecurity #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #FreeTools #PasswordManager #KeePassXC #Bitwarden #Passbolt #TwoFactorAuthentication #2FA #Fail2ban #Yubikey #TOTP #OpenSourceSoftware #PasswordStrength #BusinessSecurity #DigitalDefense #SecurityPractices #PasswordPolicy #PasswordManagement #CybersecurityTips #SecurePasswords #BusinessCybersecurity #ITSecurity #OnlineSecurity

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/10/%f0%9f%94%90-password-hygiene-rotating-the-wardrobe-of-digital-defense/

Daemon Soup: The Cybersecurity Tiers of Small Businesses #cybersecurity, #smallbusiness, #digitaldefense, #DaemonSoup, #cybersecuritytiers, #businesssecurity, #passwordprotection, #employeetraining, #multifactorauthentication, #encryption, #penetrationtesting, #firewalls, #antivirus, #cybersecuritystrategy, #dataprotection, #securitybestpractices, #cyberthreats, #ITsecurity, #systemfortification, #cyberresilience, #threatdetection

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/09/%f0%9f%8d%b2-daemon-soup-the-cybersecurity-tiers-of-small-businesses/

MEMETICS 101: cont’

5. How to Fight Back:
• Create counter-memes with truth, not fear
• Use humor to expose hypocrisy
• Tell human stories—they outlive propaganda
• Educate others on how memetics works
• Amplify calm, credible voices over chaos

Memetics isn’t a theory. It’s the method.
And right now, it’s how democracy is being hacked in real time.

MEMETICS 101: continued

4. How to Defend Against It:
• Slow down. Breathe before you share.
• Ask: “Who benefits from me believing this?”
• Fact-check and diversify your sources
• Use empathy as a shield—memes feed on anger
• Laugh, but don’t let mockery become manipulation

MEMETICS 101: cont’

3. How It’s Being Used Today:
Authoritarians, influencers, and bad-faith actors are flooding the internet with memes that:
• Normalize corruption
• Mock truth-tellers
• Demonize dissent
• Rebrand control as “freedom”
• Turn violence into “patriotism”

2. How It Works:

Repetition embeds the message

Simplicity overrides critical thought

Emotion hijacks logic

Visuals create instant recall

“Us vs. Them” framing makes it tribal
#Memetics #NarrativeWarfare #DigitalDefense #InfoWar #PropagandaExposed #VeilNet #TruthMatters #InformationLiteracy

MEMETICS 101 – What You Need to Know

This isn’t just internet culture- it’s narrative warfare.

1. What is Memetics?

Memetics is the study of how ideas, behaviors, and symbols spread like viruses. A meme isn’t just a joke image- it’s any idea that replicates by being shared, copied, and believed. Like a virus, the most contagious memes survive.

Inside the Mind of a Hacker #CyberSecurity #HackerMindset #DigitalDefense #InfoSec #CyberThreats #TTPs #PhishingAwareness #PrivilegeEscalation #NetworkSecurity #MalwareAnalysis #EthicalHacking #OpSec #BlueTeam #RedTeam #CyberIntel #DeadSwitch #CyberGhost #KnowYourEnemy #SilenceIsTactical #FearTheSwitch

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/08/inside-the-mind-of-a-hacker/

Whispers in the Wire: Cybersecurity for Small Businesses in a World of Big Threats #Cybersecurity #SmallBusinessSecurity #DigitalDefense #ITSecurity #OpSec #CyberHygiene #DataProtection #InfoSec #PhishingAwareness #MFA #Backups #PasswordSecurity #OpenSourceSecurity #RansomwareProtection #DeadSwitch #TomsITCafe #PrivacyMatters #ThreatIntel #CyberResistance #SecureByDesign

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/08/whispers-in-the-wire-cybersecurity-for-small-businesses-in-a-world-of-big-threats/

In a world where security threats are evolving faster than ever, how do we stay ahead? The rise of hybrid warfare and information starvation calls for a new approach. Can social media platforms be part of the solution? #RagingAgainstTheMachines #DigitalDefense https://smallwarsjournal.com/2025/03/25/still-raging-against-the-machines-preventive-defense-in-the-age-of-social-media-platforms/

Oracle Breached Again – 2nd Time in 30 Days!

Hackers exploited a legacy system that’s been offline for 8 years to steal login credentials — some as recent as 2024.

Dive into the full story here: https://wardenshield.com/oracle-faces-second-breach-in-30-days-legacy-systems-spark-cybersecurity-crisis

#CyberSecurity #DataBreach #OracleBreach #LegacySystems #DarkWeb #InfoSec #CredentialTheft #FBIInvestigation #WardenShield #CyberAlert #CyberHygiene #ZeroTrust #CyberRisk #ITSecurity #CyberAwareness #DigitalDefense #DataProtection

White House fires NSA & Cyber Command chief—raising national security alarm bells

General Timothy Haugh, head of both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, has been abruptly fired by the Trump administration, according to CBS and the BBC. His deputy, Wendy Noble, has also reportedly been removed.

This high-level shakeup comes after Trump met with far-right activist Laura Loomer, who called the officials “disloyal.” Trump denies she played a role—but earlier told reporters, “we’ll let go of people we don’t like.”

Lawmakers and cybersecurity professionals are deeply concerned:
・ Removing top cyber leadership undermines national stability
・ The decision appears politically motivated, not performance-based
・ At a time of escalating cyber threats, the U.S. just lost key defenders

Full report: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o

Cybercriminals always attack where it hurts the most! Stay alert, stay secure!

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The Great Firewall of Corporate Ego: Why Executives Ignore Real Cybersecurity Risks https://tomsitcafe.com/2025/03/25/the-great-firewall-of-corporate-ego-why-executives-ignore-real-cybersecurity-risks/ #cybersecurity #corporateego #executiveignorance #infosec #businesspriorities #securitybreach #digitaldefense #DeadSwitch #executivefailure #egooversecurity

Here are a couple of links I recommend visiting before inauguration day

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/top-ten-eff-digital-security-resources-people-concerned-about-incoming-trump

https://digitaldefensefund.org/