I would advise people to uninstall TeamViewer immediately. Other remote desktop software on Wikipedia Bomgar - Paid, seems to be more aimed at enterprise users. UltraVNC - is their site, seems to be redirecting to RealVNC - domain squatting? Remote Desktop Connection - Built-in, only for Windows, third party clients available. TightVNC - Free for any use, open source. RealVNC - Free only for non-commercial use. Chrome Remote Desktop - You may be not able to control remotely if the user is not logged in (for unattended access). Inquisitr article on the issueĪlternatives: LogMeIn - Now non-free, and had a bad reputation since "Microsoft Support" phone scammers used it. Update: TV still denies a breach even with this thread linked.Ī few links: Their official statement blaming user's passwords - archive.is snapshot Their support Twitter account with user interactions -, archive.is snapshot of some TV threatening writers to change articles The /r/teamviewer megathread The Register article on the issue - They are getting canned replies too. Teamviewer must know they are being targeted, and the stakes are high as the software allows complete access to a trusted machine - it's basically a master key - and there hasn't been a single response with teeth from teamviewer. This has happened on other sites where they had no critical information and within 48 hours everyone's logged in sessions were logged out, an email went round saying you had to click the link in the email (to verify ownership) and set up two factor auth as they knew they were being targeted.
Teamviewer is being used as a vector of attack. One of the main problems are that they are not taking responsibility: (quoted from /u/rich-uk) Some also suggest that their DNS servers were hijacked and the clients believed the fake server, being the method of the attack.
TV is blaming users with reusing passwords, yet users with 2FA and unique very long generated passwords were hacked. Users are reporting breaches, and thousands of dollars have been stolen with the client, all over r/teamviewer and at their support Twitter account. X-post from /technology because people should be aware about this.
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