You didn’t really think that the ransomware wave was coming to an end, did you? You’d be tempted to think so, given the decline in reports about massive ransomware campaigns. But this relative radio silence may be due to some recent developments in the field.
Ransomware attacks are getting more targeted to be more effective. And one of the primary attack vectors is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Remote desktop is exactly what the name implies, an option to remotely control a PC. And with the currently-available software, it almost feels as if you were actually sitting behind that PC—which is what makes it so dangerous.
