Security News > 2018 > September > Phorpiex bots target remote access servers to deliver ransomware

Threat actors are brute-forcing their way into enterprise endpoints running server-side remote access applications and attempting to spread the GandCrab ransomware onto other enterprise computers, SecurityScorecard researchers are warning. Their weapon of choice is Phorpiex/Trik, a bot with worm capabilities that allows it to spread to other systems by copying itself to USBs and other removable drives. The campaign This rather unsophisticated piece of malware scans the internet for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Virtual … More → The post Phorpiex bots target remote access servers to deliver ransomware appeared first on Help Net Security.

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