[emacs-berlin] Zoom on Hacker News in the last 15 hours

nomad nomad at intu.cz
Thu Apr 2 11:04:20 UTC 2020


Hi,

this is what one can find about Zoom on Hacker News; a lot of stuff just
in the last 15 hours.

The Facts Around Zoom and Encryption for
Meetings/Webinars(https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/facts-around-zoom-encryption-for-meetings-webinars/)

Zoom freezes feature development to fix security and privacy
issues(https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/02/zoom-freezes-feature-
development-to-fix-security-and-privacy-issues/)

Zoom freezes features to focus on security and
privacy(https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204018/zoom-security-privacy-feature-freeze-200-million-daily-users)

Infosec researchers at loggerheads as new Zoom zero-day goes
public(https://www.itnews.com.au/news/infosec-researchers-at-loggerheads-as-new-zoom-zero-day-goes-public-545933)

Attackers can use Zoom to steal users’ Windows credentials with no
warning(https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/unpatched-zoom-bug-lets-attackers-steal-windows-credentials-with-no-warning/)

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

Good Apps Behaving Badly: Zoom macOS
Installer(https://www.vmray.com/cyber-security-blog/zoom-macos-installer-analysis-good-apps-behaving-badly/)

Ex-NSA hacker finds Zoom flaws to takeover Macs, including webcam, mic,
and
root(https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/01/new-zoom-bugs-takeover-macs-cam-mic-root/)

Jami: GNU end-to-end encrypted alternative to Zoom and
Jitsi(https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project/wikis/home)

Zoom Is Leaking Peoples' Email Addresses and Photos to
Strangers(https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e95m/zoom-leaking-email-addresses-photos)

The Zoom Privacy Backlash Is Only Getting
Started(https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-backlash-zero-days/)

Windows zoom client vulnerable to network credential
stealing(https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/unpatched-zoom-bug-lets-attackers-steal-windows-credentials-with-no-warning/)

Sorry for the bad news

Roman


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