{
  "id": 17258827,
  "title": "TeamViewer Flaw Lets Remote Computers Attack Users Who Connect to Control Them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/teamviewer-flaw-lets-remote-computers-attack-users-who-connect-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T15:17:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/teamviewer-flaw-lets-remote-computers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TeamViewer has fixed a flaw that lets the machine being controlled in a remote session attack the computer that connected to control it. In a TeamViewer session, the computer that connects and takes control is the viewer, and the machine it controls is the host. A malicious or compromised host can exploit the flaw to crash the viewer's TeamViewer and, depending on the platform, may also run",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}