A zero-day security flaw with Zoom's video conference app has been disclosed, with users being advised to check their settings right away.
If you're one of the millions of Zoom video-conferencing users and have the app installed on a Mac, then you're being advised to check your settings to ensure you have the video camera disabled by default—the tickbox is"turn off my video when joining a meeting," and can be found in the video section of the settings.today by researcher Jonathan Leitschuh under the zero-day approach. Users are also advised to ensure their apps are updated as patches are released by the company.
Leitschuh accused Zoom of"painting a huge target on its back" through the use of the local server, opening up millions of users to attack through a poorly-architected technical solution, which essentially bypasses user browser safeguards in the interests of user experience. Safeguards which are clearly there for good reason.
"Ultimately," Leitschuh said,"Zoom failed at quickly confirming that the reported vulnerability actually existed and they failed at having a fix to the issue delivered to customers in a timely manner. An organization of this profile and with such a large user base should have been more proactive in protecting their users from attack."decompiling the Zoom client application." For the rest of us, change that video setting and keep your app updated.
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