DDoS attacks, which aim to disable websites by overwhelming them with excessive traffic, are considered to be less sophisticated in nature compared to other types of cyberattacks. However, they can still cause significant disruptions, as exemplified by the recent attacks targeting Microsoft services.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft confirms DDoS attacks caused recent Azure outages
- Published: June 30, 2023
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
No CommentsSecurity, Identity, and Compliance on AWS
- Published: January 17, 2023
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
Security is one of the critical concerns for all companies considering or already leveraging cloud. It could be an enterprise, a small/medium-sized business, or a startup company, and we all worry about the safety and security of our data.
Web Application Firewall – An introduction
- Published: October 13, 2020
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet traffic and by blocking bad HTTP traffic, malicious web service requests, and automated botnets attack.
Office365 Advanced Threat Protection
- Published: September 25, 2020
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
Microsoft Office 365 is a major and the most widely used email platform for small businesses to large enterprises and government alike. From most metrics, 83-87% of cyberthreats involve an email as a primary delivery method.
MSPs continue to suffer Ransomware attacks
- Published: June 2, 2020
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
Hackers have been hitting MSPs of all sizes — not just global technology service providers. The FBI and U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
Microsoft to roll out free software to guard the U.S. voting machines
- Published: July 24, 2019
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
Microsoft announced that it would give away software designed to improve the security of US voting machines, even as said to have tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries targeting political organizations so far this election cycle.
US Mayors Vow to Reject Ransomware Payment Demands
- Published: July 22, 2019
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has unanimously resolved not to give in to any ransom demands from the hackers. This is coming after a series of cyber shakedowns that have extorted millions from city governments.
Cybercriminals hit MSP software to launch Ransomware
- Published: June 24, 2019
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
The attackers have hacked and gained access into an MSP-centric cybersecurity console from Webroot, while also exploiting Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software from Kaseya. Both software makershave saidthat the issues involve compromised credentials and not any software vulnerabilities in their products.
Department of Homeland Security: Some IT Consultants weaken Office 365 Security
- Published: May 14, 2019
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
The DHS has issued a memo essentially stating that some IT consulting firms and Managed IT service providers (MSPs) involved in Office 365 migrations are not properly securing the cloud productivity suite for customers.
Customers are struggling with lack of visibility & threat detection
- Published: March 22, 2019
- Posted by: Ascent365
- Category: Cybersecurity
Six uncomfortable truths Although, more than half of the organizations surveyed were hit by a cyberattack in the last year, a lack of visibility remains high, threat detection is problematic, false alarms cost time and money, according to a new research.