Axon Consulting Services, LLC

04/28/2022

This is awesome!

That should keep the criminals offline for, well, weeks probably

07/15/2020

Today an update for Office 365 caused Outlook for many users to crash around the world.

If you are affected this will resolve that issue for you: https://axon.itglue.com/4138579/docs/5714035

02/27/2020

Axon can monitor your network and provide statistical insight into network performance, bandwidth, bottlenecks, and more. This information proves extremely useful when trying to wrestle nagging issues or ISP related issues.

An example of Axon monitoring a client's WAN interface (internet) on their Firewall, where we found repeat issues of poor performance, which has since been resolved by a site visit from the ISP:

09/13/2019

Perfect example of why we hate Optimum so much. This is just pathetic, on a 'business' line no less. Thank goodness this is just a backup line for this particular customer's environment!

09/13/2019

We've decided to migrate all of our Cloud Servers from Ashburn, VA to Orangeburg, NY. This is a state of the art data center and we are extremely happy here. We now have our own private Servers that we utilize to provide Cloud Services to our customers.

06/25/2019

Article on why the internet broke yesterday. Good write up.

Today at 10:30UTC, the Internet had a small heart attack. A small company in Northern Pennsylvania became a preferred path of many Internet routes through Verizon (AS701), a major Internet transit provider.

06/25/2019

About 6 months ago, we began implementing a DNS Filtering solution as an additional layer of security on our client's networks. As you can see from this weekly snapshot, it's an effective product. Aside from blocking threats, we also utilize the Content Filtering aspects of the software to prevent employees from accessing "NSFW" (not safe for work) websites. It has also proven itself to be a valuable utility for diagnosing website related issues.

04/11/2019

Does your router look like this? If so than your network was, and still could be vulnerable to attack. We always recommend replacing the ISPs routers with better ones to avoid issues like this.
According to sources, Verizon published updates 2 days ago to resolve issues detailed in CVE-2019-3914. All FIOS quantum routers were vulnerable to remote command injection by anyone with no knowledge of usernames or passwords.

11/01/2018

The latest e-mail scam may seem scary. Rest assured, it is not real. It is spam. Do not be fooled. An example of what we are referring to:

"Hi, my sacrifice.

I write you inasmuch as I buried a trojan on the web site with po*******hy which you have viewed.
My virus captured all your personal data and switched on your web cam which captured the act of your solitary s*x. Just after that the malware saved your contact list.
I will delete the compromising video records and info if you send me 350 EURO in bitcoin.

This is address for payment : 1667E8aJSWCGayCxjezVSThSeaCQhMKrEf

I give you 30 hours after you open my report for making the payment.
As soon as you open the message I'll know it immediately.
It is not necessary to tell me that you have paid to me. This address is connected to you, my system will delete everything automatically after transfer confirmation.
If you need 50h just Open the calculator on your desktop and press +++
If you don't pay, I'll send dirt to all your contacts.
Let me remind you-I see what you're doing!
You can visit the police office but no one can't help you.
If you try to deceive me , I'll know it right away!
I don't live in your country. So anyone can not track my location even for 9 months.
Goodbye. Don't forget about the disgrace and to ignore, Your life can be ruined."

07/26/2018

Happy Early SysAdmin day to all!

If people only knew what it takes to become an IT admin... Happy SysAdmin Day!

07/17/2018

New Server build-out for Abma's Farm! Hyper-V High Availability Environment.

06/18/2018

Start using secure file sharing today: