Even automated attacks are driven by humans, but the level of engagement we observed may surprise you! When the human or an organization behind an automated attack shows higher levels of innovation and sophistication in their attack tactics, the danger increases...
Isn’t there a better moment than the Holiday season to release a major update of our RDP Attack and Eavesdropping tool PyRDP? That’s right, pour yourself a little glass of eggnog, sit in a comfortable chair, put on some Christmas music and read about the PyRDP updates...
To study credentials attacks on RDP, we operate high-interaction honeypots on the Internet. We analyzed over 2.3 million connections that supplied hashed credentials and attempted to crack them. This article will highlight insights from these attacks and provide...
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is an increasing concern in cybersecurity. Ransomware groups are using it as a weak point to attack both the public and private sectors, generating losses of $7.5 billion in 2019. Between the first and fourth quarters of 2020, RDP...
When we initially released PyRDP in late 2018, we familiarized ourselves with the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) relatively quickly. It became clear that our initial release couldn’t tackle all the opportunities that an active on-the-wire attacker could have. During my...