Akamai acquired LayerX. This previously published blog post reflects the product and feature names on the original date of publication.

\r\n New research by LayerX shows that new AI browsers, and particularly Perplexity’s Comet browser and Genspark, exhibit alarmingly low success rates in blocking even poorly crafted and obviously malicious phishing websites. 

\r\n These findings, based on research by LayerX security researcher Paloma Perlov, are crucial as they expose a new and expanding threat surface of AI browsers. The implications are that without proper security safeguards, users of AI browsers are at a disproportionately higher risk of falling victim to phishing and web attacks, which could take advantage of the built-in AI engine to steal users’ credentials and private data.

\r\n"}}" id="container-32a5d676e2" tabindex="-1"> Akamai acquired LayerX.…