The kind of attack that hackers are performing exploiting these flaws can compromise your Windows PC to steal login credentials of your computer, steal information from it and much more.Īmid this situation, it was also discovered by another hacker that Zoom’s iOS app sends users’ device information with Facebook, raising privacy concerns. The flaws such as UNC Path injection and SMBRelay techniques have made it riskier. Recently in the past 2 months, there have been a few instances of serious vulnerabilities being reported in Zoom video conferencing software. In the past too, there have been a few serious security flaws discovered within the application. Zoom application has a bad history of security flaws in its applications and the platform. This increased use of zoom has attracted the attention of cybercriminals and is being targeted by hackers the world over. This current pandemic situation has made it all the more popular among millions of people worldwide. As such, Zoom, being one of the oldest available applications for video conferencing, is quite popular among its users. In the current situation of lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic, people are forced to work from home - they are using various communication and video conferencing apps to stay in touch and perform work from home activities. Earlier, during the end of March, CERT-IN, India’s nodal cybersecurity agency had warned users about the vulnerabilities in the Zoom app.
Recently the Union home ministry has issued a warning raising a red flag for users of Zoom video-conferencing application and marked it as unsafe to use.
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