Akamai Technologies Inc. released its “State of the Internet” report for the third quarter of 2014. Shellshock and Heartbleed are inspiring more researchers to look at old technologies for potential security flaws. The use of cheap online hacking toolkits will continue to proliferate, as will politically motivated attacks such as those during last year’s World Cup. The number of attacks in the Americas fell 8 percent compared to the previous quarter, and was 14 percent lower than at the same time in 2013.”]