India tells government officials to stop using video conferencing service Zoom deeming it ‘not a safe platform’ The warning comes from India’s primary cyber security agency India’s Cyber Coordination Centre advised the Zoom is ‘not a safe platform’ It discouraged government officials from using the service The advisory follows several high profile security flaws found in … Read more
More than 500,000 Zoom user credentials have been stolen and sold on the dark web for less than a PENNY each More than a half a million Zoom user credentials were found on the dark web Hackers in a forum were selling accounts for less than a penny each The buckets included passwords, meeting URLS … Read more
Hackers are homing in on finding flaws in video conferencing service Zoom to cash in on bug bounties and even sell the exploits on the black market Hackers have been probing zoom for flaws in its security The exploits can be sold back to Zoom or even on the black market Increased interest has been … Read more
Like Boris Johnson, Winston Churchill had periods of serious ill health during his premiership, including recurrent bouts of pneumonia during the war, several of them serious Coronavirus has been described as this generation’s ‘war’. But just like in the Second World War the Government seemed initially to be ill-prepared for the fight. One area that … Read more
Taiwan bans government workers from using Zoom over security flaws and instead recommends remote workers use Google or Microsoft products Government workers in Taiwan won’t be allowed to use Zoom for telecommuting Taiwan’s cabinet said workers should use products from Google and Microsoft The ban comes after similar recommendations from Canada, Australia, and more By … Read more
In a few short hours the crisis over Boris Johnson’s health turned into a full-scale emergency last night. The diplomatic fog that had obscured just how ill he really was lifted as it emerged he had been admitted to intensive care. It took an intervention from our oldest ally across the Atlantic for questions to … Read more
The New York City Department of Education is banning students and teachers from using Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues. Schools are now advised to switch to Microsoft Teams ‘as soon as possible’ and teachers are currently training to use the new system. The move comes after internet trolls … Read more
Since Britain was put in lockdown thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of apps have seen their popularity boom. The right place, the right time and all that. In the past two weeks, I’ve been to a virtual house party, toasted a Friday evening not in the pub but with a drink over video … Read more
Your boss is SPYING on you when you Zoom… and this secret video conference feature could get you fired Millions of Australians are using video conferencing app Zoom to host meetings But there’s one feature you should always avoid using during work conferences Participants can use app’s chat function to send a message to another colleague … Read more
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 Two flaws discovered in Zoom expose audio and video feeds A researcher says that to exploit the flaws a hacker must have local access One … Read more