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Attackers bundle an old version of TeamViewer to exploit vulnerability

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by ronjor, Sep 4, 2015.

ronjor Global Moderator

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By Ian Barker

The malware known as TVSPY has been uncovered by researchers at security company Damballa. While the current version of TeamViewer has fixed this vulnerability, the bundled version works independently of any existing TeamViewer installation on the target PC.
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http://betanews.com/2015/09/04/atta...rsion-of-teamviewer-to-exploit-vulnerability/

ronjor, Sep 4, 2015

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TairikuOkami Registered Member

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A new ransomware family was discovered in the past weeks, one that infects users' computers via poorly secured TeamViewer installations and then encrypts all the their data, adding the ".surprise" extension to all files.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/surprise-ransomware-uses-teamviewer-to-infect-victims-502006.shtml

TairikuOkami, Mar 22, 2016

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