Security News

Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
2024-04-24 19:43

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Watch Out for Spoofed Zoom, Skype, Google Meet Sites Delivering Malware
2024-03-07 06:11

Threat actors have been leveraging fake websites advertising popular video conferencing software such as Google Meet, Skype, and Zoom to deliver a variety of malware targeting both Android and...

Zoom stomps critical privilege escalation bug plus 6 other flaws
2024-02-15 15:30

Video conferencing giant Zoom today opened up about a fresh batch of security vulnerabilities affecting its products, including a critical privilege escalation flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-24691 with a CVSS score of 9.6, Zoom says the vulnerability may enable privilege escalation for unauthenticated users via network access.

Zoom patches critical privilege elevation flaw in Windows apps
2024-02-14 20:32

The Zoom desktop and VDI clients and the Meeting SDK for Windows are vulnerable to an improper input validation flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct privilege escalation on the target system over the network.Zoom is a popular cloud-based video conferencing service for corporate meetings, educational lessons, social interactions/gatherings, and more.

Zoom Can Spy on Your Calls and Use the Conversation to Train AI, But Says That It Won’t
2023-08-15 11:03

On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there's no need to worry about that. Zoom execs swear the company won't actually train its AI on your video calls without permission, even though the Terms of Service still say it can.

Zoom ZTP & AudioCodes Phones Flaws Uncovered, Exposing Users to Eavesdropping
2023-08-12 11:34

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in AudioCodes desk phones and Zoom's Zero Touch Provisioning that could be potentially exploited by a malicious attacker to conduct remote attacks. "An external attacker who leverages the vulnerabilities discovered in AudioCodes Ltd.'s desk phones and Zoom's Zero Touch Provisioning feature can gain full remote control of the devices," SySS security researcher Moritz Abrell said in an analysis published Friday.

Zoom CISO Michael Adams discusses cybersecurity threats, solutions, and the future
2023-08-07 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, we delve into the world of cybersecurity with Michael Adams, the CISO at Zoom. In addition to adopting appropriate technologies, it's important to provide a comprehensive security training program.

Zoom announces privacy enhancements and tools
2023-06-06 12:16

Zoom has introduced a new range of privacy enhancements and tools to make sure users have control over their data and their privacy preferences. One of the notable general privacy enhancements is the implementation of a data subject access requests tool.

US alleges China created troll army that tried to have dissidents booted from Zoom
2023-04-18 04:37

"In the two schemes, the defendants created and used fake social media accounts to harass and intimidate PRC dissidents residing abroad," states the Department's announcement of the charges. The DoJ alleges the Group ran a troll farm that "Created thousands of fake online personas on social media sites, including Twitter, to target Chinese dissidents through online harassment and threats."

Zoom for Mac patches sneaky “spy-on-me” bug – update now!
2022-10-18 18:01

When camera mode rendering context is enabled as part of the Zoom App Layers API by running certain Zoom Apps, a local debugging port is opened by the Zoom client. A "Debugging port" typically refers to a listening network connection, usually a TCP socket, that handles debugging requests.