For those who are not familiar with the service TeamViewer allows computer professionals and consumers to log into their computers from remote locations. For just over month, a growing number of users have reported their accounts were accessed by cyber criminals who used their highly privileged access and drain PayPal and bank accounts. On Sunday, TeamViewer spokesman Axel Schmidt acknowledged to Ars that the number of takeovers was "significant," but he continued to maintain that the compromises are the result of user passwords that were compromised through a cluster of recently exposed megabreaches involving more than 642 million passwords belonging to users of LinkedIn, MySpace, and other services.
So if you have a TeamViewer account the hackers news have put together the steps that you should take to make sure that you are secure, see below.
Here's What you should do:
TeamViewer users are strongly recommended to change their account passwords and use a strong one, and of course, NOT to use the same credentials across multiple sites.
I know, remembering different passwords for different accounts is a real pain, but you can use a good password manager to solve this issue.
Meanwhile, users should also ensure their TeamViewer accounts are protected with a randomly generated password that is at least 10 characters long, contains numbers, symbols, and uppercase and lowercase letters, and is unique.
It is always a good idea to run the TeamViewer software only when it's truly needed, instead of allowing it to auto-start each time your PC is turned on.
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