As the eyes of the world remain focused on the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine, cyberattacks are top of mind for professionals in the security sector, including the experts here at Ascend Technologies.
Posted on February 25, 2022
As news of the SolarWinds Orion security breach continues to develop, the Ascend Technologies security team is closely monitoring updates and evaluating the impact on organizations like yours. This feed will be updated frequently with breaking news and expert insights directly from our Security Operations Centers (SOCs).
Posted on December 13, 2020
Tagged Incident Response, Financial, Alerts, Technical, Energy, Cybersecurity
As a new wave of malware-focused phishing attacks gain popularity, our expert security engineers are on the frontlines. Here's what you need to know.
Posted on July 30, 2020
Signature-based anti-virus (AV) is dead – and organizations are suffering the consequences.
Posted on June 16, 2020
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There was a time, years ago, when I wasn’t just the highly capable security practitioner you see before you. I was also a Soldier. I wore a uniform for 22 years altogether, most of the time as an Infantryman in my state’s National Guard.
Posted on April 08, 2020
March, 2020 — We recently had a Malicious Operation (Malop) pop up for one of our MSP Partners' small business clients and it turned out to be a true hit, with malicious PowerShell on a couple of hosts with RDP (port 3389) open to the internet. Our Malware Prevention thankfully blocked the malicious payloads, but something was still going on that needed to be tracked down and remediated.
Posted on March 17, 2020
Is your organization prepared to work from home due to the pandemic? Not just prepared for the change, but structurally prepared? Is your network designed to protect against the risks?
For offices around the world, the possibility of having to send employees home indefinitely as the virus spreads is becoming very real. If your organization hasn’t needed work-from-home policies in place before...
Posted on March 06, 2020
Leaving your remote desktop protocol (port 3389) servers open to the internet has been known to be a cybersecurity “bad idea” for years, but the Bluekeep vulnerability, as well as the more recent Seven Monkeys batch of disclosed vulnerabilities, have made this vital to your business’s survival.
Posted on August 21, 2019
What is the MITRE ATT&CK Product Evaluation?
The ATT&CK evaluation framework, according to MITRE, is a new development that provides a transparent, customer-centric approach to product evaluation for cyber detection software and solutions.
The ATT&CK evaluation framework is intended to help the different stakeholders in Detection & Response (“defenders and vendors”) work together to improve...
Posted on July 02, 2019
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Over the last 2 years, our team has been researching a number of platforms, frameworks, trainings, and various definitions of Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) technology. And of course, the newest hot buzzword in cybersecurity: “Threat Hunting.” After all this research, we have a team put together and have partnered with a platform we believe in, allowing us to be able to offer this service to...
Posted on October 23, 2018
As an MSSP, we offer a number of services. It’s kind of in the name. Two of those services involve email through both email security as well as end-user education through our phishing service.
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve noticed an uptick in phishing emails that are using fake DocuSign sites to attempt to steal credentials to user email accounts.
Posted on March 18, 2018
Infogressive’s engineers are a special kind of broken. We like to learn and put ourselves through things that are REALLY hard just because we’re curious… (and a little masochistic).
When I was new to the company, I shadowed on an Incident Response lead by one of our vendor partners, and was introduced to the world of forensics.
It’s not fun, but it’s necessary. One of our very own Security Analysts recently proved why log review is a crucial step in protecting our customer’s networks.
Posted on October 19, 2017
Surviving as a professional in the cybersecurity realm is no easy task, but the need for more of us is ever-increasing.
Below are some tips and tools that you might find useful if cybersecurity has been entrusted to you.
Posted on April 26, 2017
As an all-around nerd, not just a security nerd, I spend a lot of time checking out non security related blogs that involve a lot of technology. One in particular is Lifehacker.com. They usually have some pretty interesting blurbs about software or attacking a problem in a different way. Nothing too heavy, but still useful.
Posted on February 09, 2017
