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What is it? Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows a remote computer to take control of a computer in your network. RDP comes pre-installed for Microsoft Windows but can also be used with Apple OSX computers. RDP is used by many to work-from-home; it's also used by IT...

What is it? Ubiquiti produces routers, radios, switches, gateways and wireless access points. Why is it a risk? The AirOS firmware in these devices has a bug that can be exploited without any authentication. According to their advisory (link below) "Simply having a...

What is it? Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a platform-independent remote desktop control system. There are numerous VNC implementations (LibVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC, etc.) which run on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android and other operating systems. VNC uses port...

What is it? Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and the more modern Transport Layer Security (TLS) are encryption/decryption techniques used by computers when transferring data; https web sites use this technology. There are several algorithms that can be used to do the...

What is it? File Transfer Protocol (FTP), first introduced in 1971, is one of the oldest Internet protocols. It is used to transfer files from one computer to another on a network. FTP uses ports 20 and 21. FTP does not encrypt file transfers OR login credentials....

What is it? Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and the more modern Transport Layer Security (TLS) are encryption/decryption techniques used by computers when transferring data; https ("hypertext transfer protocol secure") web sites use this technology. There are several...

What is it? A blocklist (sometimes still referred to as a "blacklist") is a list of Internet addresses and domain names that have been reported as sending out unsolicited advertising (aka "spam"), distributing malware, hosting botnets, hosting phishing websites, etc....

A botnet is a network of infected computers that can be controlled remotely, forcing them to send spam, spread viruses, or stage DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. A Botnet Drone is a type of software that connects your device to a botnet.

Source: Avast.com

What is it? The Domain Name System (DNS) is a decentralized naming system for computers and other network resources. A computer uses DNS to translate an Uniform Resource Locator (URL, like www.google.com) to an Internet Protocol (IP, like 142.250.69.206) address. It's...

The remote NTP server responds to mode 6 queries (Mode 6 is the recommended protocol used to get status information from a running ntpd to configure some of its behaviors on the fly). Devices that respond to these queries have the potential to be used in NTP amplification attacks. An attacker sends a massive amount of mode 6 messages to a huge number of recipient servers or clients in your organization. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this, via a specially crafted mode 6 query, to cause a reflected denial of service condition. Reflection Denial of Service attacks makes use of a third party component to send the attack traffic to a victim, ultimately hiding the attackers’ own identity. The attackers send packets to the reflector servers with a source IP address set to their victim’s IP, indirectly overwhelming the victim with the response packets.

Sources: www.netsecaddict.com; www.security.radware.com