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Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2020
German foreign ministry limits the use of Zoom over security concerns

The German foreign ministry has restricted the use of the video conferencing service Zoom due to concerns about security vulnerabilities recently discovered. During Coronavirus pandemic video conferencing services have become a precious instrument for the people that worked or studied from home. Zoom is one of the most popular video conferencing platforms, but recently privacy […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2020
Crooks use tainted Zoom apps to target users at home due to Coronavirus outbreak

Crooks target Android users working from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak with a Trojanized version of the popular video messaging app Zoom. Security experts from Bitdefender have spotted tainted versions of the Android Zoom video-conferencing application that is targeting users working from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Researchers detected re-packaged Zoom mobile applications […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2020
Crooks leverage Zoom’s popularity in Coronavirus outbreak to serve malware

Online communication platforms such as Zoom are essential instruments at the time of Coronavirus outbreak, and crooks are attempting to exploit their popularity. The Coronavirus outbreak is changing our habits and crooks are attempting to take advantage of the popularity of online communication platforms such as Zoom that are used by businesses, school classrooms and […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 29, 2020
A vulnerability in Zoom platform allowed miscreants to join Zoom meetings

A vulnerability in the Zoom online meeting system could be exploited to join meetings and view all content shared by participants.  The popular video conferencing Zoom is affected by a vulnerability that could be exploited to join meetings and view all content shared by participants. The issue allowed anyone to remotely eavesdrop on unprotected active […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Flaw in Zoom video conferencing software lets sites take over webcam on Mac

Zoom video conferencing software for Mac is affected by a flaw that could allow attackers to take over webcams when users visit a website. Cybersecurity expert Jonathan Leitschuh disclosed an unpatched critical security vulnerability in the Zoom app for Apple Mac computers, that is chained with another issue, could be exploited by attackers to execute […]