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Microsoft adds Windows protections for malicious Remote Desktop files

Tuesday, April 14, 2026Bleeping Computer

Microsoft has introduced new Windows protections to defend against phishing attacks that abuse Remote Desktop connection (.rdp) files, adding warnings and disabling risky shared resources by default. [...]

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