Security News > 2020 > March > Zoom Scrutinized As Security Woes Mount

"While Zoom has remediated specific reported security vulnerabilities, we would like to understand whether Zoom has undertaken a broader review of its security practices," according to the letter obtained by the New York Times.

The potential security issues that Zoom's facing are myriad. Already, numerous reports have emerged of threat actors hijacking Zoom meetings and upending them with hate speech, threats of sexual harassment, and pornographic images.

Chris Hazelton, director of security solutions at Lookout, told Threatpost that Lookout researchers analyzed Zoom's most recent iOS version as of Monday morning, and confirmed they are still communicating with Facebook APIs in the current iOS version of the Zoom app.

In response to these concerns James' letter requested an outline of the different categories of data that Zoom collects, the purpose of collecting this data, and entities to whom Zoom provides this user data, according to the New York Times article.

In the meantime, Zoom users can make sure they're taking extra security precautions by always setting a password for their meetings.

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