A newly discovered botnet has been discovered attacking Windows systems running Remote Desktop Protocol connections in what could be one of the largest attacks of its type this year. Dubbed GoldBrute, ...

WTF?! The proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft to facilitate remote connections to Windows machines contains an outstanding security flaw. However, Microsoft has stated that it has no plans to ...

A newly found vulnerability allows remote exploits using the Remote Desktop Protocol to gain full access to systems with no authentication. Microsoft has fixed a critical vulnerability in some ...

Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers are now being abused by DDoS-for-hire services to amplify Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The Microsoft RDP service is a built-in Windows ...

From the department of head scratches comes this counterintuitive news: Microsoft says it has no plans to change a remote login protocol in Windows that allows people to log in to machines using ...

When a user closes their Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client window without logging off, their session becomes Disconnected. This lets them pick up where they left off later. However, these inactive ...

Matt Dunn, associate managing director in Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice, discusses options for securing RDP, which differ significantly in terms of effectiveness. Kroll’s Paul Drapeau, Jeff Macko and ...

Microsoft released patches for two new critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities found in the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and affecting all in-support versions of Windows. Users are urged ...

Attackers gain access to your Windows network just as work-from-home employees do: remotely. Following these simple steps will send them looking for easier targets. Attackers often gain entry to your ...

Security researchers say they've spotted a new version of the Sarwent malware that opens RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) ports on infected computers so hackers could gain hands-on access to infected ...