If you’ve read this far, I hope it’s clear by now that the easiest way to get your systems hacked using RDP is to pick crappy credentials. Unfortunately, far too many organizations that end up for ...

Security researcher Daniel Wade discovers worrying Microsoft RDP feature This allows old credentials to be used when logging in Microsoft has confirmed it has no plans to change this Security ...

A year-long experiment that baited hackers to try and break into systems netted an interesting result: a single letter, x, was one of the most common password guesses. Rapid7, an IT security company, ...

PC users can run the mstsc.exe command or use the Microsoft Remote Desktop app to connect to and control your Windows PC from a remote location on a remote device. With a remote desktop connection, ...

Computer networks are being aggressively bombarded with billions of password-guessing attacks as cyber criminals attempt to exploit the growth in remote desktop protocol (RDP) and other cloud services ...

CISOs allowing remote access to Windows machines through Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) should re-think their strategy after the discovery that changed or revoked passwords can still work, says an ...

Cyber criminals are lowering the prices they are charging for access to corporate networks compromised remote desktop protocol (RDP) logins in a move which indicates how leaked usernames and passwords ...

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