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The article should've linked to this tweet[0] by the same researcher instead: > "APT41 compromised company behind TeamViewer - which enabled them to access any
by miles 7y ago
The article should've linked to this tweet[0] by the same researcher instead:
> "APT41 compromised company behind TeamViewer - which enabled them to access any system with TeamViewer installed"
[0] https://twitter.com/cglyer/status/1182413194360508419 https://twitter.com/cglyer/status/1182413194360508419
- dang 7y agoOk, we changed the URL to that from https://www.securitynewspaper.com/2019/10/14/fireeye-confirms-that-apt14-group-hacked-teamviewer-attackers-would-have-accessed-billions-of-devices/ https://www.securitynewspaper.com/2019/10/14/fireeye-confirm.... Thanks!
- ryanlol 7y agoThe title could still be a bit better, the story is about the ability to access billions of devices. There is zero indication that billions of devices were actually accessed.
- dang 7y agoSorry for the belated reply; I just saw this. I suppose "may have accessed" was intended to communicate that in the title?
- ryanlol 7y agoI'm sure it was, I'm just not so sure that it does a very good job at that. I feel like the most obvious interpretation of this is "APT41 possibly accessed billions of devices" which is incorrect, they had the ability but it is known that they only accessed a rather limited set of devices. I'm not sure what would've been a better title though, especially given the length restrictions" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯