Human Involvement Behind Remote Desktop Protocol Brute-Force Attacks

Explore a comprehensive analysis of Remote Desktop Protocol brute-force attacks in this 43-minute conference talk from Strange Loop. Delve into the findings from high-interaction honeypots that collected over 3.4 million connection attempts with hashed credentials over a three-month period. Examine the extent of human involvement and sophistication levels in these attacks, uncovering various time patterns and five distinct clusters of attacker strategies. Discuss potential risk mitigation techniques to enhance cybersecurity. Presented by Andréanne Bergeron, a cybersecurity researcher at GoSecure with a Ph.D. in criminology, this talk offers valuable insights into online attacker behaviors and their implications for the infosec field.