New Akamai research shows how longer, more complex cyberattacks – driven by AI and geopolitics – are reshaping financial security priorities. Despite the clear gains financial services continue to reap from digital transformation, one of the most pressing and complex challenges it introduces is the expanded attack surface for cybercriminals. And that surface is only widening. Akamai’s AI-Empowered Botnets and API Visibility Gaps: Attack Trends in Financial Services State of the Internet (SOTI) Security report underscores this shift, positioning the sector as a primary target for increasingly sophisticated and persistent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Akamai’s research highlights a sharp escalation in both the scale and sophistication of attacks targeting banks, payment providers and financial platforms. Fuelled by AI-powered botnets and coordinated hacktivist campaigns, DDoS attacks have evolved from short-lived disruptions into sustained, strategic assaults.

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