Technology Advice for Small Businesses

TDoS: What it is and how to protect against it

Does your business use a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system? If so, you need to be aware of telephony denial-of-service, a type of attack on VoIP systems. Learn more about TDoS and how to prevent it from disrupting your operations. What is TDoS? A denial-of-service attack aims to crash a system by bombarding it… Continue reading TDoS: What it is and how to protect against it

Don’t let TDoS attacks ruin your VoIP system

Denial-of-service attacks (DoS) attacks have been around for years and have caused millions of dollars in damage to businesses and organizations all over the world. What many businesses don’t know, however, is that VoIP systems can be the primary target of a type of DDos attack known as telephony denial-of-service (TDoS). Learn how to keep… Continue reading Don’t let TDoS attacks ruin your VoIP system

How to protect your business from TDoS attacks

Small businesses are increasingly moving from traditional telephones to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to save on costs. While VoIP offers many benefits, an unsecure system can leave your business vulnerable to a new kind of attack called telephony denial-of-service (TDoS). In this blog post, we will discuss what TDoS is and how you can… Continue reading How to protect your business from TDoS attacks

The dangers of TDoS to your VoIP systems

Most businesses are familiar with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, or attacks that cripple an IT network, system, or machine to deny access to intended users. Not many businesses know, however, that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems can be a DoS attack target too. If you have security measures in place against regular DoS attacks but… Continue reading The dangers of TDoS to your VoIP systems

Protect your VoIP systems against denial-of-service attacks

Telephony systems are crucial to business communications and operations and therefore need to be highly secure. Although malware and viruses are some of the most common threats to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems, there are other little-known threats too, such as denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. If your business heavily relies on VoIP, you should learn… Continue reading Protect your VoIP systems against denial-of-service attacks

What you need to know about telephony DoS

Hackers launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to render IT systems and networks inaccessible to intended users. Large corporations’ web servers used to be frequent targets, but nowadays, every business can become a victim. Hackers have also started launching attacks on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems. This brief guide on telephony DoS attacks can help you… Continue reading What you need to know about telephony DoS

Why you should update your SBC

Did you know that your VoIP systems are especially vulnerable to cyber attacks? When it comes to VoIP, hackers will go to great lengths to intercept messages over a network or even use denial-of-service attacks to shut yours down. To protect your network, firewalls and antivirus software may be your first options, but they simply… Continue reading Why you should update your SBC

Avoid voice attacks with security updates

Malware delivered via email should be the least of businesses’s worries. Aside from common malware, businesses have to protect their VoIP systems from call jacking, eavesdropping, and denial-of-service attacks. So how exactly can you protect your business from these serious threats? The answer: a session border controller (SBC) with the latest security patches. What is… Continue reading Avoid voice attacks with security updates

How to protect against VoIP call hacking

VoIP has become the ultimate communication tool for enterprises, but it has also become another vulnerability that hackers exploit. Because voice is essentially transferred as data, the risk of digitized messages being intercepted and heard by unauthorized ears increases. That’s why businesses need security systems like an up-to-date session border controller (SBC) to protect against… Continue reading How to protect against VoIP call hacking