Just 2020 things: Miscreants hit remote desktops 700% harder as world's IT teams try to support locked-down staff

Just 2020 things: Miscreants hit remote desktops 700% harder as world's IT teams try to support locked-down staff

Online criminals have increasingly targeted Remote Desktop Protocol connections over the past year, according to infosec biz ESET.


During calendar 2020, ESET recorded what it said was a 768 per cent increase in attack attempts on RDP, a key Windows feature for remote working, during the course of the year.

Roman Kováč, ESET's chief research officer, said in a statement: "RDP security is not to be underestimated especially due to ransomware, which is commonly deployed through RDP exploits, and, with its increasingly aggressive tactics, poses a great risk to both private and public sectors."


Lest anyone be alarmed by this, he added: "As the security of remote work gradually improves, the boom in attacks exploiting RDP is expected to slow down – we already saw some signs of t ..

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