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TeamViewer got hacked (www.teamviewer.com)

If this thread is to be believed their statement about TeamViewers products being unaffected is likely not true.

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[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 153 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm glad Rustdesk exists.

"RustDesk is a full-featured open source remote control alternative for self-hosting and security with minimal configuration."

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 6 months ago

Rust desk is super based. And their software performs MILES better than Teamviewer's shitty compression ever did.

[-] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 34 points 6 months ago

Super based? Am I getting old? What does that even mean?

[-] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 6 months ago
[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 6 months ago

so basically groovy or far out.

[-] magikmw@lemm.ee 20 points 6 months ago
[-] randomuser38529@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago
[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

You keep saying that. Is there something wrong with Earth's gravity in the future?

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 months ago

Sorry you had to find out this way, but yes- your hip and fly is gone!

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 10 points 6 months ago

It means we are getting old.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago

TIL, thanks!

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Thanks, I'll look into it also. I needed this a couple weeks ago but better late than never!

[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago

100%. Just self host their server components,otherwise it's kind of slow. It's an open alternative to Anydesk,which is still miles better than TeamViewer.

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 118 points 6 months ago

Well this shouldn't be a problem after the last time they got hacked, because they denied it and blamed the users, so everyone switched to a better product. Not to mention the extortionate rate hikes. Right?

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

My secops team has a hardon for teamviewer over something internal only like dameware… I just don’t get why. As soon as they mentioned going to team viewer for remote control I mentioned how terrible teamviewer has been with breaches and notifications of breaches but I think my ciso got a very nice dinner..

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago

In my experience, security people are not very good lol. Last 2 teams I interacted with blew my mind on what they deemed ok and not. Like contradictory kind of things.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Maybe you have worked at only shitty companies where good secops people didn't want to stay for long...

[-] Meltrax@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

What's a better product? I use TeamViewer as an individual to help my technically illiterate grandparents who live across the country with tech issues. Would love an alternative if there is one.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 23 points 6 months ago
[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago

Rustdesk is great. I've also used AnyDesk.

Recently I've used Parsec on a couple systems and it's zippy, but I can't get keyboard shortcuts to work for some reason.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Anydesk was what I used most recently. They did also have a breach early this year, but they handled it responsibly from what I read.

If company breaches are unacceptable, there are several selfhosted options, but I haven't tried any so I can't make a recommendation.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 52 points 6 months ago
[-] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

They used to get hacked. They still do, but they used to too.

[-] jas0n@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You want to see a picture of me when I was younger?

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

I want to see a picture of you from when you are going to be older

[-] thurstylark@lemm.ee 42 points 6 months ago
[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 13 points 6 months ago

I find myself adding this to a lot of hack/breach headlines lately

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 6 months ago

I’ve never heard of TeamViewer being used for anything but refund scams and the like.

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

I used to use it for remote management of my personal computer until Teamviewer flagged cookie clicker as commercial software and locked my account.

[-] cuuube@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I use it to become the remote tech support person whenever my dad has trouble using his phone lol

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

You can use it for PHONES?! That’s a pretty dope use case actually.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

I know a professional software that has it bundled for support calls.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Noted! I think I’ve watched too much Kitboga. But I’m not stopping.

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 32 points 6 months ago

Based on current findings of the investigation, the attack was contained within the Corporate IT environment and there is no evidence that the threat actor gained access to our product environment or customer data.

If it were a company other than TeamViewer I'd probably believe them, but since it's TeamViewer, they could just as easily be lying since they have lied in the past about breaches IIRC.

[-] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 26 points 6 months ago

Thank you, TeamViewer, for flagging my personal use of your software as commercial. I immediately uninstalled it from all my devices, and installed RustDesk in its stead. This was just earlier this year, so you could not have dropped the ball at a better time for me. :)

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 21 points 6 months ago
[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

as is tradition

[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

There’s a built-in alternative on Windows I remember. Not opensourced though

[-] apex32@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, but you need Windows Professional to act as a server. Windows Home editions can only act as a client.

[-] kelargo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

But there whole business plan is to perform MIM attacks as a feature.

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