Mysterious TeamViewer hacking

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barbaz
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Mysterious TeamViewer hacking

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http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06 ... -know-how/ :o
Fortunately for me, I don't use TeamViewer type software. But it's still a pretty scary thought that hackings of this type and scale is potentially the consequences of the recent "extra-big" password hash dumps from major sites unrelated to the breached service:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05 ... passwords/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05 ... n-thought/

I guess we can still hope it's just the usual carelessness, such as users doing stuff like re-using [weak] passwords etc...
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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barbaz
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Re: Mysterious TeamViewer hacking

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barbaz wrote:I guess we can still hope it's just the usual carelessness, such as users doing stuff like re-using [weak] passwords etc...
The TeamViewer people are so far finding that's exactly the case: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06 ... ount-hack/
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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