AnyDesk Breach: Production Compromise and a Certificate Sprint
Remote-access maker AnyDesk confirmed in February 2024 that attackers had compromised production systems using valid credentials traced to infostealer logs — forcing a certificate rotation, password resets, and a rushed 8.1.1 release whose code-signing was intact but whose credibility needed rebuilding. This piece covers the infostealer-to-supply-chain escalation path that rewired vendor-risk thinking, and why remote-admin tooling became a tier-one identity perimeter.