What’s more, some of the people whose computers were taken over in haunted TeamViewer sessions quickly had their bank accounts and Paypal accounts drained by the bad guys.
Terrifying, eh? Numbers are hard to come by but this has happened to many people – hundreds? thousands? Last week the reports escalated sharply on Twitter and Reddit. All of a sudden, the TeamViewer panel appears in the lower right corner and your mouse starts moving of its own accord. You’re sitting at the home computer playing solitaire. Imagine that you’ve installed TeamViewer on your home computer so you can connect from the road. Take a look at Splashtop if you want remote access to an office computer.)įor about a month, reports have been circulating that make it appear that TeamViewer has been hacked. It has an odd, expensive license to sell you if you’re using it to get work done, and it’s likely to turn off the program if it thinks you’re a business user. (TeamViewer is not free for you to use to connect to your office computer. After LogMeIn killed its free service two years ago, TeamViewer became more popular because it is still free for home users. TeamViewer is a well-known program that provides remote access to your computer, just like LogMeIn. But the story illustrates an important basic security principle: Don’t re-use the same password over and over. It might not be TeamViewer’s fault, and with luck it won’t affect any of you, my loyal and much-loved readers. TeamViewer is in the news this week because of a nasty ongoing security problem. Don’t re-use the same password over and over.
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