Microsoft warned of brute-forcing attacks targeting Internet-exposed and poorly secured Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database servers using weak passwords. Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure ...

QNAP warns customers of ongoing attacks targeting QNAP NAS (network-attached storage) devices and urges them to immediately take action to mitigate them. Malicious plugins that hide in plain sight and ...

Security researchers have discovered a new botnet that has been attacking Windows systems running a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection exposed to the Internet. Discovered by Renato Marinho of ...

Chinese researchers from Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University have uncovered a new method of attack that can bypass user authentication on modern smartphones by brute-forcing fingerprints, ...

Automated attacks on Remote Desktop Protocol accounts are aimed at taking over corporate desktops and infiltrating networks. A rash of brute-forcing attempts aimed at users of Microsoft’s proprietary ...

A fresh module aims to compromise remote desktop accounts to access corporate resources. The TrickBot malware has added a new feature: A module called rdpScanDll, built for brute-forcing remote ...

According to data collected by Microsoft's network of honeypot servers, most brute-force attackers primarily attempt to guess short passwords. It seems that hackers can’t be bothered with targeting ...

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A Ukrainian man has been handed a four-year jail term for stealing thousands of server logins and putting them up for sale on the dark web. Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, 28, from Chernivtsi, was ...

Many of us use a 4 digit pin code to lock our phones. [David Randolph] over at Hak5 has come up a simple way to use a 3D printer to brute force these passwords. Just about every 3D printer out there ...

Brute-forcing passwords, as well as the exploit of ProxyLogon vulnerabilities against Microsoft Exchange Server, were among the most popular attack vectors last year. According to ESET's Q3 Threat ...