Research of our cybercriminal marketplace database shows many examples of remote desktop software being used to channel hidden malicious access to victim computers. LinkedIn, MySpace, VK, Tumblr), credential theft or reuse seems like a plausible explanation.īut what about people who are not existing TeamViewer users and did not already have it installed? Considering the general frequency of phishing attacks and the recent big value leaks (e.g. In many cases, the people reporting attacks were existing users of TeamViewer. TeamViewer said that attacks were likely caused by bad password management or users’ computers being infected with malware. TeamViewer’s own site was even temporarily taken offline by a denial of service attack however, the company insisted the two were not linked. Over the last few weeks, there have been a number of reports of attacks using the remote desktop control software TeamViewer, with many users’ machines being taken over to install ransomware or steal money from their online accounts.
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