With the global lockdown and the almost mandatory implementation of telework in a good part of the companies, videoconferences have been a fundamental tool for proper communication and coordination among employees. For this reason, It is not surprising that applications like Zoom have experienced exponential growth to become the trending app of the moment.
But not everything was going to be good news for the company, as its rapid popularity also attracted the attention of cybercriminals, uncovering all kinds of security flaws.
There have been countless of them, but, by way of summary, the following can be highlighted:
- On Mac devices, a way was found to directly access the microphone and camera. On the other hand, a way to escalate privileges on the device was also discovered.
- On iOS devices, the app's usage data was sent to Facebook.
- End-to-end calls, despite being advertised as “encrypted”, were not.
Because of all this, The company's own CEO has had to publish a note to explain the situation, acknowledging the mistakes and apologizing to the users. You can read the note published on the Next link.