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How to Monitor All LogMeIn Installation to Prevent Data Breaches

December 14, 2018

By Peter Barnett

A lot of cyberattacks start with installation of LogMeIn. According to 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), a very common tactic used by intruders involves installation of remote control software. Quite a few registered attacks used email phishing techniques asking users to call an IT helpdesk to resolve a certain problem. When those users called a fictitious helpdesk, the cybercriminals picked up on the phone. Sounding very professionally, they asked users to install LogMeIn as the first step. Giving them installation URLs, they walked users through installation and then effectively took control of their computers as a stepping stone to accessing corporate files stored on a corporate network.

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Any newly installed software on your company’s workstations can be the first alert indicating a data breaches at a very early stage. Monitoring all LogMeIn installation events and proactively blocking all unauthorized installations it is a critical procedure that shall be performed by all departments on an ongoing basis.

Join.me.exe is a type of EXE file associated with Join.Me developed by Logmein, Inc. for Windows. The latest known version of Join.me.exe is 1.9.1.204, which was produced for Windows. This EXE file has a popularity rating of 1 stars and a security rating of ‘UNKNOWN’.

EXE (‘executable’) files, such as join.me.exe, are files that contain step-by-step instructions that a computer follows to carry out a function. When you double-click an EXE file, your computer automatically executes these instructions created by the program developer (for example, Logmein, Inc.) to launch a program (for example, Join.Me) on your computer.

Each software application on your computer uses an executable file: your web browser, word processor, spreadsheet program, etc. This makes executable files one of the most useful kinds of files in the Windows operating system. Without executable files like join.me.exe, you could not use any programs on your computer.

Below there are a ways to get a list of installed software and monitoring all LogMeIn installation to prevent data breaches and avoid unauthorized access.

View All LogMeIn Installation Manually:

Option 1: Via Control Panel on a Local Computer:

1. Open Windows Explorer (Win+E)

2. Navigate to ‘Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features’ to display the following screen:

Windows Programs and Features

3. Click on ‘Installed On’ column to sort by installed date and have the most recently installed programs pop up on top.

Option 2: Via Wmic Utility on a Remote Computer:

1. Launch PowerShell command prompt (press Win+R, type ‘powershell’, Enter)

2. In the PS command prompt, Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product �Computer computername | Select-Object Name,InstallDate | Sort-Object InstallDate

Monitor LogMeIn Installation With Action1:

Step 1 Sign-up for Free:

Sign up for a free version of the Action1 solution and install Action1 agents to your remote endpoints to manage them remotely. Here is the detailed instruction on how to get started.

Step 2 Type Your Question in Plain English:

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Step 3 Set Filters, If Necessary:

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Step 4 See Results from All Endpoints in Seconds:

Endpoint Name

mac.widgets.local
fred.widgets.local
ray.widgets.local

Install Date

20171204
20171204
20171204

Name

Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft SQL Server 2015
Microsoft Office 2012

Vendor

Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft

Version

19.0.8482
11.1.5839
17.0.3629

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