Security guidance for remote desktop adoption

As the volume of remote workers quickly increased over the past two to three months, the IT teams in many companies scrambled to figure out how their infrastructures and technologies would be able to handle the increase in remote connections. Many companies were forced to enhance their capabiliti...

Update to support RDP restricted administration for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Update to support RDP restricted administration for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 About this update This Remote Desktop Protocol RDP update lets users use Remote Desktop Connection without sending their credentials to the remote computer. This helps prevent credential and credential hash thef...

RDP 8.0 update for restricted administration on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

RDP 8.0 update for restricted administration on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 About this update This Remote Desktop Protocol RDP 8.0 update enables the Remote Desktop Connection client to perform restricted administration logons. It also enables the Remote Desktop Service that is running th...

Smart card redirection in remote sessions fails in a Windows 7 SP1-based RDP 8.1 client

Smart card redirection in remote sessions fails in a Windows 7 SP1-based RDP 8.1 client Symptoms Assume that you install the Remote Desktop Connection RDC 8.1 client update KB 2830477 on a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. You remotely connect th...

This Week in Security News: How to Stay Safe as Online Coronavirus Scams Spread and Magecart Cyberattack Targets NutriBullet Website

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about tips you can use to secure your home office. Also, read about how Magecart Group 8 targeted the website of the blender...

TrickBot Trojan Adds RDP Brute-Forcing to Its Arsenal

The TrickBot malware has added a new feature: A module called rdpScanDll, built for brute-forcing remote desktop protocol RDP accounts. According to BitDefender, the module has been used in campaigns against telecom, education and financial services industry targets in the United States and Hong...

TrickBot Trojan Adds RDP Brute-Forcing to Its Arsenal

The TrickBot malware has added a new feature: A module called rdpScanDll, built for brute-forcing remote desktop protocol RDP accounts. According to BitDefender, the module has been used in campaigns against telecom, education and financial services industry targets in the United States and Hong...

TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed...

TrickBot Now Exploits Infected PCs to Launch RDP Brute Force Attacks

A new module for TrickBot banking Trojan has recently been discovered in the wild that lets attackers leverage compromised systems to launch brute-force attacks against selected Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol RDP connection exposed to the Internet. The module, dubbed "rdpScanDl...

They Come in the Night: Ransomware Deployment Trends

Ransomware is a remote, digital shakedown. It is disruptive and expensive, and it affects all kinds of organizations, from cutting edge space technology firms, to the wool industry, to industrial environments. Infections have forced hospitals to turn away patients and law enforcement to drop case...

SharpRDP - Remote Desktop Protocol .NET Console Application For Authenticated Command Execution

To compile open the project in Visual Studio and build for release. Two DLLs will be output to the Release directory, you do not need those because the DLLs are in the assembly. If you do not want to use the provided DLLs you will need to .NET SDK to create the AxMSTSCLib.dll DLL. To create it...

TrickBot Adds ActiveX Control, Hides Dropper in Images

The TrickBot banking trojan has gotten trickier, with the addition of a Windows 10 ActiveX control to execute malicious macros in boobytrapped documents. Michael Gorelik, researcher at Morphisec Labs, said that at least two dozen documents have come to light in the last few weeks that use ActiveX...

Printers assigned to users through WEM are not created in ICA, RDP and console sessions

Printers assigned to users through WEM are not created in ICA, RDP and console sessions...

Iran-Backed APTs Collaborate on 3-Year 'Fox Kitten' Global Spy Campaign

Two Iran-backed APTs could be working together on a sprawling, three-year campaign to compromise high-value organizations from the IT, telecom, oil and gas, aviation, government and security sectors in Israel and around the world, according to a report by researchers at ClearSky. They maintain,...

Spacelabs Xhibit Telemetry Receiver (XTR)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/Low skill level to exploit/Public exploits known Vendor: Spacelabs Equipment: Xhibit Telemetry Receiver Vulnerability: Improper Input Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION A remote code execution vulnerability called BlueKeep CVE-2019-0708...

CSI Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks

ARCHIVED STORY CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I By Trellix · Febraury 12, 2020 For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat intelligence. During one of the classes we always talk about Lockard’s...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4532691)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4532691 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Denial of service

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol RDP when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Protocol RDP Denial of Service Vulnerability'...

CVE-2020-0660

CVE-2020-0660 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). According to the trusted sources, an attacker can trigger the issue by establishing an RDP connection and sending specially crafted requests, resulting in a disruption of availability. The public reco...

CVE-2020-0655

CVE-2020-0655 corresponds to a Remote Desktop Services vulnerability where an authenticated attacker can trigger remote code execution via clipboard redirection. The connected KB entries confirm the CVE is among multiple Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities and highlight the affected component as Re...