Huntress launches Brute Force Sentry for RDP and SSH
Brute Force Sentry detects successful logins after failed attempts on exposed RDP RDWeb and SSH surfaces
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A Practical Guide to “Plug&Pwn” for Pentesters and Defenders
A practical guide shows how USB Plug and Play can give SYSTEM on locked Windows machines.
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Up a Creek Without a Command Line: Mapping an Akira Ransomware Attack
Huntress mapped an Akira ransomware intrusion that used RDP, LSASS dumping, GOST tunneling, and RClone.
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CISO thought he had a 'r3@lg00dp@$$w0rd' but forgot to patch
A law-firm CISO's leetspeak password surfaced after a pentester exploited unpatched BlueKeep across thousands of systems.
NightEagle Hackers Target Russian Companies Using GhostContainer Backdoor
Kaspersky links NightEagle (APT-Q-95) intrusions in Russia to stolen VPN credentials, the GhostContainer Exchange backdoor, BlueKeep exploitation, and covert tunneling for espionage.
Microsoft Releases Emergency Windows 11 Update Following Patch Tuesday Bugs
Microsoft issued emergency Windows 11 update KB5129195 to fix Patch Tuesday regressions and fully close the CVE-2026-62721 privilege escalation flaw.
Microsoft releases emergency Windows updates to fix RDS failures
Microsoft released emergency out-of-band Windows updates fixing Remote Desktop Services failures and Hyper-V issues caused by September 2026 security patches.
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Microsoft Confirms Remote Desktop Services Might Stop Working Following Sept. 2026 Security Update
Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates (KB5124008) can break Remote Desktop Services, causing RDP failures and freezes across Windows clients and servers.
Microsoft: September updates cause RDS failures on Windows Server
Microsoft confirms September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates break Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2012+; Group Policy mitigations and rollback workarounds available.
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Remote Desktop Services Failures on Windows Servers Following September Update
September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates cause Windows Server 2019/2022/2025 RDS sessions to freeze, forcing administrators to roll back.
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September Windows Server updates break Remote Desktop Services
September 2026 Windows Server cumulative updates cause Remote Desktop Services failures on Server 2019, 2022 and 2025, forcing some admins to roll back.
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Best Practices for Good Endpoint Hardening | Huntress
Huntress outlines endpoint hardening best practices, citing exposed RDP, RMM tool abuse, and ClickFix social engineering as common SMB intrusion paths.
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Windows Remote Desktop Client Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Execute Remote Code
Microsoft patched CVE-2026-69485, an 8.8 CVSS RCE flaw in the Windows Remote Desktop Client affecting Windows 10/11 and Server 2016-2025.
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Microsoft’s Biggest Patch Tuesday: 974 CVEs, 2 Zero-Days and 20 Wormable Bugs
Microsoft's record September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 974 CVEs, including two exploited Windows privilege-escalation zero-days and 20 wormable bugs.
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The Oracle of Delphi Will Steal Your Credentials
Akamai honeypots reveal attackers brute-forcing RDP credentials to download and execute a previously undetected malware family named Trojan.sysscan.
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Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11
DEF CON researchers chained Windows Plug and Play auto-install abuse with third-party driver flaws to reach SYSTEM on fully updated Windows 11.
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ZDI-26-556: Parallels RAS Client RDP Backend Service Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ZDI discloses Parallels RAS Client RDP backend service flaw (CVE-2026-18263, CVSS 7.8) letting local attackers escalate privileges.
ZDI-26-554: Parallels RAS Client RDP Backend Service Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ZDI advisory discloses Parallels RAS Client RDP backend service local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-13121, CVSS 7.8).
ZDI-26-555: Parallels RAS Client RDP Backend Service Exposed Dangerous Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ZDI discloses CVE-2026-18262, a CVSS 7.8 exposed dangerous function in Parallels RAS Client's RDP backend service allowing local privilege escalation.