Hackers have breached 7,500 organizations and are selling network access on multiple Russian hacker forums. An investigation by CyberNews.com reveals compromised networks located in the USA, Canada, and Australia which include educational, entertainment and bar industry organizations. Access via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is being sold via an auction, with the initial bid for the entire package starting at 25 BTC (roughly $330,000) and the ‘Buy now’ option at 75 BTC (about $1,000,000). RDP has a number of security holes, including the BlueKeep vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708), that make it exceptionally easy for threat actors to exploit. The Shodan.io IoT search engine… [Continue Reading] // Read more: original article.
