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TeamViewer responds to security 'irregularity' in IT network (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Teamviewer has a history of lying about serious security breaches. The company's networks have been breached before and they literally spent years denying it and blaming it on their customers: https://www.securityweek.com/teamviewer-confirms-it-was-hacked-2016/

[–] JWBananas 2 points 2 days ago

The spokesperson also clarified that the cyberattack was not in any way related to the 2016 incident that led many to believe the company’s systems had been breached. At the time, many users reported that their computers were accessed by hackers through TeamViewer, but the company blamed the incidents on password reuse.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welp, time to expedite that switch to RustDesk, I guess!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems interesting. I'm a bit concerned that they don't see encrypting direct traffic as an issue though https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/wiki/FAQ#i-only-use-rustdesk-for-a-few-devices-on-my-local-network-with-no-internet-connectivity-can-i-still-use-rustdesk-with-direct-ip-access

[–] breakingcups 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why? They offer it as a fallback solution you have to explicitly enable, I can imagine it's not their focus given that the regular connection is encrypted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

IMO, it shows security is not a priority for them. Just because you're on LAN it doesn't mean encryption is insignificant. There also isn't really "LAN" there are just networks, so this necessitates using some sort of server even in the case where you have an IPv6 or IPv4 address that would otherwise allow you to directly connect to your peer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

I'm just here to appreciate the amazing stock photo, I'm picturing the photographer placing the tape over his desk feeling so cool about it.

[–] devilish666 7 points 2 days ago

Seems anydesk is doing better than TeamViewer