A week in security (March 14 – 20)
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
How to protect RDP
RDP is still a popular target for attackers, so how do you keep your remote desktops safe?
A week in security (March 7 – March 13)
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
Blunting RDP brute-force attacks with rate limiting
Rate limiting can slow a determined password guessing attack to a crawl, giving defenders months of extra time to respond.
Password usage analysis of brute force attacks on honeypot servers
Microsoft analysed the passwords that were attempted in over 25 million brute force attacks on their honeypots. What can we learn?
[updated] Patch now! Microsoft plugs actively exploited zero-days and other updates
Another Patch Tuesday has come around, and while it may seem as a calm one for a change, there is enough to patch and update.
Threat profile: Ranzy Locker ransomware
What you need to know about Ranzy Locker ransomware.
RDP brute force attacks explained
A simple and straightforward explanation of what RDP brute force attacks are, why they are so dangerous, and what you can do about them.
LemonDuck no longer settles for breadcrumbs
LemonDuck is a versatile botnet that has expanded from infecting targets with cryptominers to more malicious malware.
Royal Mail phish deploys evasion tricks to avoid analysis
We look at a Royal Mail phish which deploys multiple techniques to keep people from analysing a fake Royal Mail website.
