VNC is the hacker's favorite remote desktop tool

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is the remote desktop tool most targeted by attacks, accounting for 98 percent of the traffic across all remote desktop-specific ports. This finding comes from Barracuda which has released a new Threat Spotlight report looking at the most common tools, associated ports, and the ways in which attackers can, and do, gain access. The simplest and most common attack method used against remote desktop software, including VNC, is the abuse of weak, reused, and/or phished credentials. These offer an attacker immediate access to the systems the user has access to. Remote desktop software implementations can also… [Continue Reading]