Researcher finds two new bugs in Zoom that lets hackers take over a computer’s webcam and microphone as the video conferencing service is hit with a string of security compromises

Researcher finds two new bugs in Zoom that lets hackers take over a computer’s webcam and microphone as the video conferencing service is hit with a string of security compromises

A researcher discovered two new flaws in video conferencing app Zoom that allow hackers to hijack users’ webcam and their microphone.

The flaws were disclosed this week in a report from Patrick Wardle – a former NSA hacker and current principal security researcher at Jamf – and are the latest in a string of security compromises highlighted in recent months.

Those previously identified bugs allowed hackers to steal Windows passwords and also another security access compromised security on Mac devices by allowing hackers to tap into users’ webcam and microphone.

URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8178313/Bugs-video-conference-service-Zoom-let-hackers-computers-webcam-microphone.html

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