Microsoft Pulls the plug on RDP Brute Force attack
Microsoft Windows11 OS build now have a Default account lockout policy to mitigate RDP and other brute force attack to take over user accounts with compromising passwords. Brute forcing RDP…
Publicly available resources at Threat actors peril
An insecurely exposed service is one of the most commonly seen misconfigurations in cloud environments. These services are discoverable on the internet and can pose a significant risk to cloud…
Attack Dwell Time
The median attacker dwell time before detection is 11 days or 256 hours, according to data from Sophos. That’s time in which invaders are free to conduct malicious activity, such…
RDP servers abused with DDoS attack
Cybercrime gangs are abusing Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) systems to bounce and amplify junk traffic as part of DDoS attacks, security firm Netscout published. Not all RDP servers can…
Malware opens up RDP for future access
Security experts believe the malware's operators are very likely to sell access to infected hosts to other hacker groups. Security researchers say they've spotted a new version of the Sarwent…