Security News > 2020 > July > Surge in unique clients reporting brute-force attack attempts

There's a significant uptick in the number of unique clients who have reported brute-force attack attempts, ESET reveals.

Trend of RDP attack attempts against unique clients detected by ESET. The trend has been observed since the onset of the global pandemic.

"Today, a huge proportion of 'office' work occurs via home devices, with workers accessing sensitive company systems through Windows' Remote Desktop Protocol, a proprietary solution created by Microsoft to allow connecting to the corporate network from remote computers," explains Ondrej Kubovič, ESET Security Research & Awareness Specialist.

"Despite the increasing importance of RDP, as well as other remote access services, organizations often neglect its settings and protection. Employees use easy-to-guess passwords, and without additional layers of authentication or protection, there is little that can stop cybercriminals from compromising an organization's systems," Kubovič continues.

RDP has become a popular attack vector in the past few years, especially among ransomware gangs.

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