Users are reporting, Remote Tool “Team Viewer” has Been Hacked!
Team Viewer is most used remote tech support tool. It have Millions of users worldwide. A number of users are reporting that hackers are using their systems through Team Viewer. According to users, hackers are accessing their laptops and desktops by hacking this support tool, but Company is not accepting this. The security team of Team Viewer is denying all of these incidents.
Users Posted on Reddit
The first incident of Team Viewer hack was posted by a user on Reddit. After this first post, a number of more posts were there and all were related to the same incident. Users are saying that hackers are accessing their systems and trying to steal their sensitive information. Some users also posted that hackers are stealing money from their “PayPal” accounts. Hackers were buying things from eBay by using this money. Team Viewer is remote tech support tool and users have to configure their financial details on it for buying online services. This could be a positive point for hackers and the PayPal money stealing incidents might be true. These incidents seems very weird because some victims are claiming that they have enabled Two-Factor Authentication process but it was not enough are hackers are stealing their money.
Is it true?
Many Users are saying that this tool has been really hacked. But some are saying that it didn’t happened. So here are only two possibilities. One is, Team Viewer has been hacked really and second is that hackers have found any crucial vulnerability in the software, which is allowing them to access victim’s system. "There is not a single evidence yet, which could prove that Team Viewer has been hacked."
Reaction of Team Viewer on this Incident?
A report has been published by Team Viewer and they are saying that nothing is happened. Team viewer is safe to use, because we are using end-to-encryption for the security of users information. MITM (Man-in-the-middle) attacks and Brute Force attacks are not applicable on Team Viewer due to its security Configuration. Team viewer also said that we didn’t see any security hole in the software and in our server. So the news of “Team Viewer Hack” is not true.
Team Viewer said that users can use this tool tension free. Few days ago, two major data breaches have happened. These are MySpace Data Breach and LinkedIn Data breach. The money stealing incidents might be happened with those users which are using same passwords for all accounts. So users should choose a different, strong and unique password for their security. Enabling two-factor-authentication is a must for them.The report of Team Viewer is satisfactory because we often see that many users are using same usernames and passwords for all accounts. If a hacker got any one from these usernames and passwords, he might try the same credentials on other accounts to get the access.
