Company boosts TeamViewer app security with two new features called Trusted Devices and Data Integrity
Jun 3, 2016 23:25 GMT · By Catalin Cimpanu TeamViewer announced two new features today aimed at boosting the app's security after the company's reputation was smirched this week following a DDoS attack that downed its servers, during which many users flocked online to complain about getting hacked.
The two new features are called Trusted Devices and Data Integrity. The company says the first feature was specifically designed in order to prevent attackers from taking over user account.
Trusted Devices works by monitoring a user's account. When the user uses a new device to log into his TeamViewer account, before being granted access, the user must click a link he received inside a validation email sent to the account owner's email address.
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