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The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is one of the most popular communication protocols for remotely controlling systems. RDP comes with all current Windows operating systems, and its graphical user interface makes it an easy-to-use remote access tool. In addition, Microsoft positions it as the default method to manage Azure virtual machines running Windows. Read More

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A series of ransomware attacks against small-to-medium companies are leveraging Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to infect systems, Sophos reports. As part of these attacks, the malicious actors abuse a commonly found issue in many business networks: weak passwords. After managing to crack and RDP password, attackers can easily install their malware onto the company’s […]

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Reports from security researchers show that an army of thousands of infected computers is used by cybercriminals to detect point-of-sale (POS) terminals that are accessed via the remote desktop protocol (RDP) with credentials that can be cracked through brute-force attacks.Earlier today, security company IntelCrawler presented a report showing that cyber-crooks compromised computers that were used […]

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