March 20, 2024

Remote Desktop Protocol: Exposed RDP (is dangerous)

Is it really that risky to expose an RDP port to the internet? What if you change the default port? What if it’s just for a little while? The data answers, loud and clear

Security Operations

March 20, 2024

Remote Desktop Protocol: Queries for Investigation

How can defenders begin to make sense of RDP issues on their networks? We present three powerful tools for investigators’ toolkits

Security Operations

March 20, 2024

Remote Desktop Protocol: How to Use Time Zone Bias

Where in the world is your attacker? Presenting a less-known but useful event to look for in your logs

Security Operations

March 20, 2024

Remote Desktop Protocol: Executing the 4624_4625 Login Query

Keeping an eye on who’s trying to get onto your network – whether or not they’re successful – can pay off on multiple fronts

Security Operations

March 20, 2024

Remote Desktop Protocol: Executing the External RDP Query

On the hunt for successful RDP connections that have entered your network from outside? A step-by-step guide (and a query to get you started)

Security Operations

November 14, 2023

The song remains the same: The 2023 Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners

The remarkable decline in attacker dwell time is now well-documented, but what does that mean for those doing the hands-on work of infosecurity?

Threat Research

November 08, 2023

Identifying Group Policy attacks

A threat hunt looks at three attacker changes to a compromised Active Directory, and explains how to both understand and overcome them

Threat Research

September 01, 2023

Introducing the Sophos Incident Response Services Retainer

An elite team of incident response experts on standby to get you back to business quickly in the event of a breach.

Products & Services

August 23, 2023

Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’: The 2023 Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders

A deep dive into incident-response cases from the first half of this year finds both attackers and defenders picking up the pace

Threat Research