Security News > 2016 > May > Ransomware enters companies through RDP servers (Help Net Security)

Attackers wielding ransomware are targeting enterprises through an often-found hole in the corporate network: Internet facing, poorly secured remote desktop servers. According to Wouter Jansen, Senior Forensic IT Expert at Fox-IT, the company has lately been called in by a number of firms that have been hit with ransomware, and a subset of those has let attackers and the ransomware in through that channel (click on the screenshot to enlarge it): “Entries in the log … More →
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