Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining Campaign Exploits Web Apps

A Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign has emerged that exploits a known vulnerability in public-facing web applications built on the ASP.NET open-source web framework. The campaign has been dubbed Blue Mockingbird by the analysts at Red Canary that discovered the activity. Research uncovered th...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11047

In FreeRDP after 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in autodetectrecvbandwidthmeasureresults. A malicious server can extract up to 8 bytes of client memory with a manipulated message by providing a short input and reading the measurement result data. This has been patched in 2.0...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11047

In FreeRDP after 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in autodetectrecvbandwidthmeasureresults. A malicious server can extract up to 8 bytes of client memory with a manipulated message by providing a short input and reading the measurement result data. This has been patched in 2.0...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11042

In FreeRDP greater than 1.1 and before 2.0.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in updatereadiconinfo. It allows reading a attacker-defined amount of client memory 32bit unsigned - 4GB to an intermediate buffer. This can be used to crash the client or store information for later retrieval. This has...

Ransomware Attack Takes Down Toll Group Systems, Again

Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group has been hit by a ransomware attack – for the second time in three months. The company said a relatively new form of ransomware known as Nefilim had targeted its systems. Toll Group, a subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings, is a freight and...

Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 3c: A day in the life part 2

This is the sixth blog in the Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC series designed to share our approach and experience from the front lines of our security operations center SOC protecting Microsoft and our Detection and Response Team DART helping our customers with their incidents. For a visu...

Millions of Brute-Force Attacks Hit Remote Desktop Accounts

A rash of brute-forcing attempts aimed at users of Microsoft’s proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol RDP has come to light, striking millions per week. The attacks are a likely offshoot of cybercriminals looking to take advantage of the unprecedented numbers of employees working from home amid the...

Remote spring: the rise of RDP bruteforce attacks

With the spread of COVID-19, organizations worldwide have introduced remote working, which is having a direct impact on cybersecurity and the threat landscape. Alongside the higher volume of corporate traffic, the use of third-party services for data exchange, and employees working on home...

Windows/x86 - MSVCRT System + Add RDP Admin + Disable Firewall + Enable RDP Shellcode (644 Bytes)

644 bytes small Microsoft Windows x86 shellcode that disables the Windows firewall, adds the user MajinBuu with password TurnU2C@ndy!! to the system, adds the user MajinBuu to the local groups Administrators and Remote Desktop Users, and then enables the RDP Service. Exploit Title: Windows/x86 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PT-2020-3475

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeRDP versions 1.1 through 2.0.0-rc4 Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the update recv order function of the FreeRDP RDP client. This can allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information. T...

PT-2020-3476

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeRDP versions 1.0 through 2.0.0-rc4 Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the update recv order function of the FreeRDP RDP client, which can allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information...

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...