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I had a lot of fun with someone from "Microsoft IT Support" just before Christmas : ) Tried to do a reverse phish and connect to their TeamViewer[0] but I didn

I had a lot of fun with someone from "Microsoft IT Support" just before Christmas : ) Tried to do a reverse phish and connect to their TeamViewer[0] but I didn't have time. At least for an hour I bothered them by being the most clueless user I could get myself to be, "mistyping" urls so I ended up on tech websites instead. I also made notes to add to my previous guesswork on how they manage to fool users. [0]: Yep, that or another seemingly legitimate remote access tool is what they use around here. Why TeamViewer cannot stop them I have no idea, these kinds of connections (India(?) to rural Western Europe) should stick out like a sore thumb in the data sets IK would guess?

mootothemax 11y ago
>these kinds of connections (India(?) to rural Western Europe) should stick out like a sore thumb in the data sets IK would guess? I'd guess the opposite: there are enough legitimate outsourcing firms in India that traffic from fraudsters blends in pretty nicely.
- reitanqild 11y ago
  But none of those legitimate ones try to connect to me (IT tech, TeamViewer should know), my brothers and in-laws across the country etc etc all in the same day. Off the top of my head typical TeamViewer usage should be more like some new, some recurring I think.