

In February 2019, Reserve Bank of India warned of an emerging digital banking fraud, explicitly mentioning AnyDesk as the attack channel. This provides the host user with full access to the guest computer over the Internet, and, like all remote desktop applications, is a severe security risk if connected to an untrusted host. Abuses ĪnyDesk can be optionally installed on computers and smartphones with full administrative permissions, if the user chooses to do so. Additionally, whitelisting of incoming connections is possible. When a direct network connection can be established, the session is endpoint encrypted and its data is not routed through AnyDesk servers. Every connection between AnyDesk-Clients is secured with AES-256.


Users attempting to log in after the end of life will be unable to access the application and will see a message instructing them to update or contact their administrator.AnyDesk Software GmbH was founded in 2014 in Stuttgart, Germany and has gone worldwide, with subsidiaries in the US, China, and Hong Kong, as well as an Innovation Hub in Georgia. Users must update to the 64-bit version or begin using Work for Web to avoid a service disruption.

The current (and last) 32-bit version is 7.16 and will reach End-of-Life on October 8, 2022. The 8x8 Account Settings application is for Non-X Series users only and is a mandatory supplemental application to continue having the ability to adjust Voicemail settings, Call Forwarding rules, E911, and more. Note for IT Admins: As of v 7.0, IT admins leveraging the EXE installer on Windows should consider updating firewall and antivirus rules since the Desktop application now features a new app file name and path on the disk.
