Tag Archives: Teamviewer

TeamViewer hacked (June 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-28 by guenni

[German]The remote software vendor TeamViewer has fallen victim to a successful cyber attack. Unknown perpetrators (some says APT29) were able to infiltrate the internal IT environment and gain access to the network. However, the provider states that its product environment … Continue reading →

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TeamViewer: Patch closes vulnerability CVE-2020-13699 on PC

Posted on 2020-08-10 by guenni

[German]There was a vulnerability in older versions of the TeamViewer remote access software. This allowed third parties to establish a connection to the respective PC unnoticed. The vulnerability has been fixed by a patch. Advertising

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Teamviewer: Service disruption and changes for private use

Posted on 2020-03-24 by guenni

[German]Today (March 23, and 24, 2020) we have had some service disruption with remote software Teamviewer. Maybe a technical issue at the server infrastructure due to a heavy load with home office use during Corona crisis. Or a consequence of … Continue reading →

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Teamviewer reports wrongly commercial use

Posted on 2019-07-30 by guenni

[German]The Teamviewer may be used free of charge in a private environment. Apparently, however, there are always false alarms claiming commercial use and the software is then blocked, although users are running Teamviewer for private purposes. Advertising

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Cyber attack on TeamViewer in 2016, Chinese suspected

Posted on 2019-05-18 by guenni

[German]German developers of remote service software TeamViewer has been victim of a cyber attack in 2016. The company has confirmed this to German magazine Spiegel. However, this hack was not made public by the company. Why not? Here are some … Continue reading →

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TeamViewer: Vulnerability allows permission changes

Posted on 2017-12-07 by guenni

[German]The TeamViewer software, commonly used to remotely control computers, has a security vulnerability. This allows attackers to hijack a session and attack the target computer. A patch is available. Advertising

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