The virus has seen millions turn to conferencing apps, raising questions over security. FMTNews Coronavirus
CALIFORNIA: The coronavirus crisis has seen millions locked in their homes turn to video conferencing apps, bringing with it question marks over security and privacy and a new verb – Zoombombing – the practise of uninvited users crashing into conversations.
The company denied the claims and offered a reward of US$1 million for evidence of what it said was a smear campaign. “Now Zoom is being used in situations where you invite strangers into video chat,” said former Facebook Inc Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos, who now works with Zoom as an outside consultant.This has snowballed into a bigger problem as security researchers found bugs in codes, user data sharing with Facebook, lack of end-to-end encryption and routing of some traffic through China.
Zoom has since updated its software and given hosts the ability to lock meetings, restrict what attendees can do and remove participants. It advises hosts to approve each participant before they join a particular chat and has removed Facebook’s access to data. For corporate customers, however, the issue of encryption and who keeps records or can listen to your calls is more important, be it to safeguard valuable company information, or meet privacy obligations to customers.
“While the average user talking about their daily activities with their family over Zoom are probably fine, I would recommend sticking with the platforms created by more mature companies,” said Patrick Wardle, a security researcher with software company Jamf, who found two undisclosed flaws in the platform.
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