<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
remote	B-Protocol
desktop	I-Protocol
application	I-Protocol
distributed	O
by	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
Software	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
program	O
provides	O
platform	O
independent	O
remote	O
access	O
to	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
other	O
devices	O
running	O
the	O
host	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
,	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
VPN	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
is	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
technical	O
support	O
scams	O
and	O
other	O
remote	O
access	O
scams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
Software	O
GmbH	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
in	O
Stuttgart	O
,	O
Germany	O
and	O
now	O
has	O
subsidiaries	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
and	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
Innovation	O
Hub	O
in	O
Georgia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
secured	O
6.5	O
million	O
Euros	O
of	O
funding	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
EQT	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
round	O
of	O
investment	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
brings	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
to	O
over	O
20	O
million	O
Dollars	O
of	O
combined	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
"	O
DeskRT	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
experience	O
higher-quality	O
video	O
and	O
sound	O
transmission	O
while	O
reducing	O
the	O
transmitted	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
minimum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
partnered	O
with	O
remote	B-Protocol
monitoring	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
and	O
mobile	O
device	O
management	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Atera	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Intune	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remote	O
access	O
for	O
multiple	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
uses	O
TLS-1.2	O
with	O
authenticated	O
encryption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
connection	O
between	O
AnyDesk-Clients	O
is	O
secured	O
with	O
AES-256	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
direct	O
network	O
connection	O
can	O
be	O
established	O
,	O
the	O
session	O
is	O
endpoint	O
encrypted	O
and	O
its	O
data	O
is	O
not	O
routed	O
through	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
tools	O
used	O
in	O
technical	O
support	O
scams	O
and	O
other	O
remote	O
access	O
scams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
optionally	O
installed	O
on	O
computers	O
and	O
smartphones	B-Application
with	O
full	O
administrative	O
permissions	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
chooses	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provides	O
the	O
host	O
user	O
with	O
full	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
guest	O
computer	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
all	O
remote	B-Protocol
desktop	I-Protocol
applications	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
severe	O
security	O
risk	O
if	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
untrusted	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Reserve	O
Bank	O
of	O
India	O
warned	O
of	O
an	O
emerging	O
digital	O
banking	O
fraud	O
,	O
explicitly	O
mentioning	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
as	O
the	O
attack	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
general	O
scam	O
procedure	O
is	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
fraudsters	O
get	O
victims	O
to	O
download	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
Google	O
Play	O
Store	O
on	O
their	O
mobile	O
phone	O
,	O
usually	O
by	O
mimicking	O
the	O
customer	O
service	O
of	O
legitimate	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
cybersecurity	O
firm	O
Trend	O
Micro	O
discovered	O
that	O
cybercriminals	O
bundled	O
a	O
new	O
ransomware	O
variant	O
with	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
,	O
possibly	O
as	O
an	O
evasion	O
tactic	O
masking	O
the	O
true	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
ransomware	O
while	O
it	O
performs	O
its	O
encryption	O
routine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scammers	O
use	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
and	O
similar	O
remote	B-Protocol
desktop	I-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
to	O
obtain	O
full	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
victims	O
 '	O
computer	O
by	O
impersonating	O
a	O
technical	O
support	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
victim	O
is	O
asked	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
install	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
and	O
provide	O
the	O
attackers	O
with	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
UK	O
based	O
ISP	O
TalkTalk	O
banned	O
TeamViewer	B-Language
and	O
similar	O
software	O
from	O
all	O
its	O
networks	O
after	O
scammers	O
cold	O
called	O
victims	O
and	O
talked	O
them	O
into	O
giving	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
State	O
Bank	O
of	O
India	O
warned	O
customers	O
not	O
to	O
install	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
or	O
similar	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Federal	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Investigation	O
issued	O
a	O
cybersecurity	O
advisory	O
noting	O
that	O
AnyDesk	B-Protocol
software	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
operations	O
of	O
the	O
AvosLocker	O
ransomware	O
gang	O
.	O
</s>
