Defending against Windows RDP attacks
In 2020, attacks against Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) grew by 768%, according to ESET. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the massive increase in the number …
U.S. municipalities are the perfect target for cybercriminals in 2021
On Feb 5th, 2021, a hacker gained remote access to a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, and was able to adjust the amount of sodium hydroxide in the water from 100 …
Researchers spot massive increase in RDP attack attempts
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to influence the cybercrime landscape in 2020, ESET reveals. Most notably, the new attack surface created by the shift to work from home …
2021 will overburden already stressed infosec teams
The year 2020 has given us a contentious U.S. election, a global economic crisis, and most notably a global pandemic. Disinformation has wreaked havoc in our ability to …
Automation to shape cybersecurity activities in 2021
Automation will play a major role in shaping cybersecurity attack and defence activities in 2021, WatchGuard predicts. Traditionally a high-investment, high-return targeted …
The security consequences of massive change in how we work
Organizations underwent an unprecedented IT change this year amid a massive shift to remote work, accelerating adoption of cloud technology, Duo Security reveals. The security …
Biomedical orgs working on COVID-19 vaccines open to cyber attacks
In a recently released report by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), whose findings have been backed by Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the …
Surge in unique clients reporting brute-force attack attempts
There’s a significant uptick in the number of unique clients who have reported brute-force attack attempts, ESET reveals. Trend of RDP attack attempts against unique …
Your greatest work from home lifeline is also your newest attack vector
Enterprises have been experimenting with work from home policies for years. Unfortunately, that experiment suddenly became the default this spring as local and state …
Malware opens RDP backdoor into Windows systems
A new version of the Sarwent malware can open the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port on target Windows computers to make sure that crooks can find their way back into the …
RDP and VPN use soars, increasing enterprise cyber risk
As COVID-19 slowly spread across the globe, consumer demand for commercial virtual private network (VPN) services has soared – both for security reasons and for …
Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breach
The healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys’s research findings of cloud risks and cloud …