NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The video conference app Zoom has risen to popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, but there are concerns about people hacking into calls and interrupting meetings.
From virtual happy hours to classes and meetings, Zoom is helping us connect in a time of unprecedented isolation.
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She says her 4-year-old daughter was participating in a local library’s Zoom call Thursday when a group of teenage boys hijacked the screen.
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Hacking forum gets hacked for the second time in a year | ZDNet
OGUsers, one of the most popular hacking forums on the internet, disclosed today a security breach, the second such incident in the past year.
"It appears that someone was able to breach the server through a shell in avatar uploading in the forum software and get access to our current database dating April 2, 2020," said Ace, the forum's administrator.
The attacker is believed to have stolen the details of more than 200,000 users, the latest user counter listed on the forum.
A Hacker Found a Way to Take Over Any Apple Webcam | WIRED
Pickren submitted seven vulnerabilities to Apple's bug bounty program in mid-December and says he got a response that the company had validated the bugs the next day. While an attacker would only exploit three of the bugs to take over webcams in the chain Pickren envisioned, he found other, related flaws along the way that he submitted as well.
Apple expanded its bug bounty program in December to accept vulnerabilities across more of its products and services, part of a broader thawing of its relationship with outside security researchers. The shift is already benefiting users, not to mention Pickren himself. He says he received $75,000 from Apple for the submission.
FBI warns of hackers hijacking online Zoom meetings, classes
Hackers have been hijacking video conferences and online classrooms on the popular software Zoom, in a frightening trend emerging amid the coronavirus pandemic, the FBI warned on Monday.
There have been at least two instances of so-called “Zoom-bombing” in Massachusetts, including one where someone hacked a school meeting and flashed swastika tattoos.
In another incident, a hacker dialed into an online class being conducted using the teleconferencing software, yelled profanities and shouted the teacher’s home address.
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Exclusive: Hackers linked to Iran target WHO staff emails during coronavirus -
It is not clear if any accounts were compromised, but the attacks show how the WHO and other organizations at the center of a global effort to contain the coronavirus have come under a sustained digital bombardment by hackers seeking information about the outbreak.
“We’ve seen some targeting by what looks like Iranian government-backed attackers targeting international health organizations generally via phishing,” said one of the sources, who works for a large technology company that monitors internet traffic for malicious cyber activity.
Experts Warn That Hackers Can Use Zoom to Take Over Your Computer
Zoom, the video conferencing software that during the pandemic has rapidly become a go-to platform for hosting work meetings, birthday parties, D&D campaigns, and other hangouts, has disturbingly flimsy cybersecurity protocols.
Hackers have been able to exploit Zoom and take control over users' PCs and Macs, 9to5Mac reports . Others have used it steal private information, according to Ars Technica . The problem is so widespread that trolls have even started brute-forcing their way into meetings to "Zoombomb" and spam bigoted comments .
How to keep your devices safe while working from home | kvue.com
AUSTIN, Texas — With more people working from home, there has been an increase in hackers breaking into zoom and other teleconferencing meetings.
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"Make sure no one can screen grab or Zoom share your meeting or presentation unless you want them to," cyber-security expert Chris Carter said.
Carter said when using any other teleconferencing apps, you want to take these same precautions.
As far as keeping your computer safe and secure as a whole, Carter said to make sure your device is updated and all of its applications are up to date, as well.
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