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Remote IT management provider TeamViewer says it has been hacked, allegedly by Russian state hackers from APT29(www.teamviewer.com)

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Here is a thread on it: https://infosec.exchange/@jtig/112689665815283809

  • So far “there is no evidence to suggest that the product environment or customer data is affected,” the company says on its website.
  • TeamViewer’s internal IT environment is completely independent from its product environment, the firm adds.

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CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
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RDP for Windows comes built in. VNC has a really fast install on Linux. There’s no reason not to use them and loan your remote sessions to a third party company.

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pelya@lemmy.world
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Because TeamViewer will set up a port forwarding and a NAT traversal for you.

VNC and RDP only work when your host has a public IP, or you know how to set up a proxy.

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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And you should not ever expose RDP or VNC to the Internet, every, for any reason, for any length of time, whatsoever.

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trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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RustDesk is the closest alternative, and I think it does a pretty good job.

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gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world
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RDP does not fill the same role as Teamviewer at all. The M$ alternatives would be Quick Assist or the older MSRA.

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taiyang@lemmy.world
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RDP is for pro version only, and plenty of people get home version by default. There are better options, but I want to clarify that.

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