Cybersecurity
Zoom Grapples With Security Flaws That Sour Users on App
- Zoom’s soaring popularity comes with increased scrutiny
- A few simple steps may keep meetings safe from hackers
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During the coronavirus pandemic, it seems as if everyone is connecting with Zoom’s videoconferencing app -- including, on occasion, unwanted visitors.
Online trolls have been sneaking into web meetings and disrupting them with profanities and pornography for at least the better part of the last month. Cybersecurity researchers fear these disruptions could be a precursor to more harmful attacks allowing hackers to commandeer connected machines to access secure files or other corporate software.