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If this host was a scamming victim that has never used AnyDesk before, this file will still be heavily populated, but at least the investigation will be simpler. Use the timestamps and IDs from the Connection_Trace file to focus your investigation.

The ad.trace file is a verbose log and will be where the majority of effort will be spent. This type of information helps to build a bigger picture, and when law enforcement are involved these small pieces of evidence help them to prove that this system was the one the attacker used. It also shows that the attacker is running (most likely) as an administrator on that host. This tells us a couple of things, for one the account ‘local-admin’ is not created by Windows, which means this account was intentionally created with that name, and based off the name is most likely a local account and not part of a domain. The connection from this host was ‘totally not a hacker’ which we can see is an alias for the local admin account. You will get to see a directory path which, by default, will give away the username. The nf file is useful if an attacker has attempted to transfer files. Below is an example that I have redacted to stop you all trying to connect to my lab! Connection_trace.txt nf This provides you with time stamps and IDs to help focus your investigation and give you that initial hook that the baseline of a DFIR investigation. It is important to note that this is for incoming requests only, and does not display any outgoing connection data.
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The ‘Passwd’ and ‘Token’ settings are only relevant if the local system has set a password for unattended access.

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The way the software is run, will dictate the artefact locations on the disk.
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There are also several options within AnyDesk that will allow the attacker to lock the victim out of their own machine, giving complete control to the attacker.ĪnyDesk have taken steps to present the victim with alerts, and even disallow certain actions by the remote device, but the scammers utilise social engineering techniques to bypass these easily.ĪnyDesk can be downloaded from the AnyDesk website here Technical AspectsĪnyDesk can be run in two ways installed like a tradition piece of software, or as a portable executable (PE). It is the scammer’s tool of choice because it is very easy to download and set up.
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Click here to view this research on my YouTube channel What is AnyDesk?ĪnyDesk is a legitimate, non-malicious piece of software that is used by companies world wide to manage their IT systems, and can be used for free to help family members with IT issues.
