LayerX in recent months reported finding severalvulnerabilities, including one exposing AI agents to takeover, as well as attacks involvingdata-stealing browser extensions.This is Akamai’s second acquisition in the past year, after it acquired serverless WebAssembly company Fermyon in December 2025.SecurityWeektracked more than 420 acquisitions in 2025 and adetailed analysisof those deals is available. We have cataloged more than 150cybersecurity M&A transactionsto date in 2026.Related:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026Related:OpenAI to Acquire AI Security Startup PromptfooRelated:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
This is Akamai’s second acquisition in the past year, after it acquired serverless WebAssembly company Fermyon in December 2025.SecurityWeektracked more than 420 acquisitions in 2025 and adetailed analysisof those deals is available. We have cataloged more than 150cybersecurity M&A transactionsto date in 2026.Related:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026Related:OpenAI to Acquire AI Security Startup PromptfooRelated:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
SecurityWeektracked more than 420 acquisitions in 2025 and adetailed analysisof those deals is available. We have cataloged more than 150cybersecurity M&A transactionsto date in 2026.Related:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026Related:OpenAI to Acquire AI Security Startup PromptfooRelated:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
Related:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026Related:OpenAI to Acquire AI Security Startup PromptfooRelated:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
Related:OpenAI to Acquire AI Security Startup PromptfooRelated:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
Related:Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is senior managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher before starting a career in journalism in 2011. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.
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