April 9, 2014
In short, no. Syspeace monitors failed logins on MS Exchange,Windows Server, Sharepoint, Rremote desktop, Citrix and evaluates if it is a bruteforce attack against the system or not. However, if an attacker has gained access to passwords and usernames he or she will use those and be able to log in. From the systems point […]
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Are your clients’ payments, medical records and data secure? [US]
April 9, 2020
Are you compliant, so that the credit card companies and banks continue to allow transactions? Are you ahead of security concerns, or do you struggle to keep up? Two weeks unable to take payments, what would that do to your business? In this time of increasing level of cybercrimes, rules and regulations are a stepping […]
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Brute Force Attacks are on the rise – do I need a SIRP?
April 3, 2020
Technology means endless opportunities, but also endless headaches. Scripting, machine learning, AIs and easier access to more advanced systems does not mean your every-day becomes easier – it also means that the every-day of the malicious hacker becomes easier. It is said that internet users have to keep track of about 190 passwords and PINs. […]
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Securing business continuity – a necessity!
March 24, 2020
What kind of disaster can your business take? How many unlucky incidents will you endure? How many malicious attacks are you from ceasing completely? Data is lost, we all know this. It might be a butter-fingered CEO making a dreadful mistake, a server giving up on life, a cloud provider going bankrupt or a fire […]
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“Syspeace does exactly what it says it does”
March 20, 2020
Today, it’s a wonderful day. At IT-community Spiceworks, in a thread regarding Brute Force – OWA Exchange 2010, we found one of our customers in detail describing his view of Syspeace. And it makes our hearts sing. The praise in itself is heartwarming, but perhaps the idea he presents in the end is even more valuable. […]
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Preventing brute force attacks against Microsoft Exchange Server and OWA Webmail
January 14, 2015
If you’re running Microsoft Exchange Server your also quite likely to have the Microsoft Exchange OWA (Webmail) interface up & running to enable your users to use Activesync and access their email, calendars and contacts over an easy-to-use web interface accessible over the Internet. This is just as relevant if you’re managing your own Exchange […]
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How to battle slowgrind bruteforce attacks against Windows servers
August 11, 2014
The default rule of Syspeace is that if an intruder fails to login more than 5 times within 30 minutes, the intruders IP address is blocked, tracked and reported for 2 hours and simply is denied any access to the server. A new trend though has emerged and that is for bruteforce attackers to “slowgrind” through […]
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Using Syspeace against DDoS attacks for sysadmin
June 11, 2014
We had a discussion the other day about Syspeace and if it would help in a DDoS attack. Essentially a DDoS attack is about overloading a server with massive traffic thus making it unreachable for the services the way it is supposed to be. This can be accomplished in numerous ways. If for instance 10 […]
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Does bruteforce attacks really exist?
April 30, 2014
A short blog post about how #Syspeace has blocked, traced and reported more than 2.7 Million bruteforce attacks against #windowsserver #msexhange #Sharepoint #remotedesktop #Citrix
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Would Syspeace help against Heartbleed OpenSSL bug ?
April 9, 2014
In short, no. Syspeace monitors failed logins on MS Exchange,Windows Server, Sharepoint, Rremote desktop, Citrix and evaluates if it is a bruteforce attack against the system or not. However, if an attacker has gained access to passwords and usernames he or she will use those and be able to log in. From the systems point […]
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Securing your Windows Server and MS Exchange with baseline security
February 16, 2014
In short, to have an acceptable baseline security for any Windows server you need to think all of the things below in this list. Sadly enough, even if you follow all of these steps, you’re still not secured forever and ever. There’s no such thing as absolute security. Checklist for Securing Windows Servers 1. Make […]
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