2020-04-04 Saturday - Zoom Security Notes

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This posting is a placeholder for organizing links to articles that I find that discuss/elaborate on potential (or, alleged) Zoom security concern.

2020-04-17

• Everyone is using Zoom, but is that what Zoom wants?
• https://fortune.com/longform/zoom-coronavirus-users-ceo-eric-yuan-stock-video-meetings-chat-privacy-zoombombing/

2020-04-16

• India says Zoom 'not a safe platform' for video conferencing

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-india/india-says-zoom-not-a-safe-platform-for-video-conferencing-idUSKCN21Y1LL

  • “Zoom is a not a safe platform,” the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of India’s ministry of home affairs said in a 16-page advisory.

2020-04-13

• Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-500-000-zoom-accounts-sold-on-hacker-forums-the-dark-web/

2020-04-08

• German foreign ministry restricts use of Zoom over security concerns
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-zoom/german-foreign-ministry-restricts-use-of-zoom-over-security-concerns-report-idUSKBN21Q1SC 

• 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
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8202313/Hackers-home-Zoom-security-use-flaws-bug-bounties-sell-black-market.html

• Interest in Zoom Zero-Day Hacks Is ‘Sky-High’ as Meetings Move Online
  
• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwpxp/zoom-hacks-zero-day-exploits

• Google Told Its Workers That They Can’t Use Zoom On Their Laptops Anymore
• https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/google-bans-zoom

2020-04-04

• Zoom improves security with automatic password protection and waiting rooms
  • https://mashable.com/article/zoom-password-waiting-rooms-security-privacy/

2020-04-03 

• Zoom’s Encryption Is “Not Suited for Secrets” and Has Surprising Links to China, Researchers Discover 
• https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/zooms-encryption-is-not-suited-for-secrets-and-has-surprising-links-to-china-researchers-discover/ 

•  Zoom adds new security and privacy measures to prevent Zoombombing
• https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21207643/zoom-security-privacy-zoombombing-passwords-waiting-rooms-default

• Zoom privacy and security issues: Here's everything that's wrong (so far)
• https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes

• Zoom’s Big Security Problems, Summarized
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/marleycoyne/2020/04/03/zooms-big-security-problems-summarized/#7bea995e4641
  
  
   
• A Must For Millions, Zoom Has A Dark Side — And An FBI Warning
• https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/826129520/a-must-for-millions-zoom-has-a-dark-side-and-an-fbi-warning

2020-04-02

• ‘War Dialing’ Tool Exposes Zoom’s Password Problems
• https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/war-dialing-tool-exposes-zooms-password-problems/

2020-04-01

• Elon Musk's SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns -memo
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-zoom-video-commn/elon-musks-spacex-bans-zoom-over-privacy-concerns-memo-idUSKBN21J71H
  

2020-03-31

• Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing
  
  •  https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/
    

2020-03-30 

• The 'S' in Zoom, Stands for Security
• https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x56.html

2020-03-26

• Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account