ZDNet

Windows malware opens RDP ports on PCs for future remote access

Security researchers say they've spotted a new version of the Sarwent malware that opens RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) ports on infected computers so hackers could gain hands-on access to infected ...
Threat Post

Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks

Netscout researchers identify more than 14,000 existing servers that can be abused by ‘the general attack population’ to flood organizations’ networks with traffic. Cybercriminals can exploit ...
Ars Technica

Opening RDP port on a Netopia router

I'm trying to allow one of our clients to be able to RDP directly to her work PC from home.<BR><BR>I've opened that port on her work PC's Windows Firewall. I've modified her RDP registry entry to that ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Change the Default RDP Port on a Netgear Router

Remote Desktop Protocol, the specification used to define the operation of Remote Desktop Service, uses the transmission control protocol port 3389 by default. However, if your business uses Remote ...
ZDNet

Windows RDP servers are being abused to amplify DDoS attacks

Cybercrime gangs are abusing Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) systems to bounce and amplify junk traffic as part of DDoS attacks, security firm Netscout said in an alert on Tuesday. Not all RDP ...
Dark Reading

RDP Ports Prove Hot Commodities on the Dark Web

Security trends come and go, but the sale of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports continues to thrive on the Dark Web as malicious hackers seek easier means of gaining access to corporate networks. RDP ...