On April 28, 2020, I posted on the NetSPI Executive Blog.
Physical Distancing, Yet Connecting Virtually
We find ourselves living the COVID-19 pandemic, abruptly switching to a work from home model with virtual meetings becoming the norm. By now, unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve heard about people using the Zoom videoconferencing service.
Given that everyone is trying to shelter-in-place/social distance to stop the spread of the virus, the popularity of using Zoom for video calls with groups of people has become extremely popular. Given Zoom’s popularity, there’s been a spike in the usage of Zoom’s video conferencing capabilities for both professional and personal meetings as an avenue for multiple people to have face-to-face video conference calls.
Unfortunately for Zoom, given the spike in usage, there’s also been a rise in the number of security vulnerabilities that keep getting reported with Zoom’s software. This has resulted in Zoom focusing all their development efforts to sort out security and privacy issues with their software.
Let’s explore some of the most popular vulnerabilities that are being discussed and see if we can make sense of them and the impact that they’re going to have if exploited.
Read full post here: https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive/industry-trends/zoom-vulnerabilities-making-sense-of-it-all/
