Zoombombing the EU Foreign Affairs Council

Those with security clearance are capable of making foolish mistakes, just like the rest of us. So is the story of how a Dutch journalist made an appearance on video meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council (Dutch language, Google Translate link).

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Cisco Webex vulnerabilities may enable attackers to covertly join meetings

Cisco has fixed three bugs in its Cisco Webex video conferencing offering that may allow attackers to: Join Webex meetings without appearing in the participant list (CVE-2020-3419) Covertly maintain an audio connection to a Webex meeting after being ex… Continue reading Cisco Webex vulnerabilities may enable attackers to covertly join meetings

Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform?

When Zoom announced Zapps last month — the name has since been wisely changed to Zoom Apps — VC Twitter immediately began speculating that Zoom could make the leap from successful video conferencing service to becoming a launching pad for startup innovation. It certainly caught the attention of former TechCrunch writer and current investor at […] Continue reading Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform?

Zoom Control Box Helps Keep Meetings On Track

For many people, the biggest change of 2020 has been adjusting to a glut of online teleconferences as a part of daily working life. [p_leriche] has had to adjust the way church services are conducted, and found managing a complicated streaming meeting setup to be complicated at best. To ease …read more

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FTC orders Zoom to enhance security practices

Zoom Video Communications, the maker of the popular Zoom video conferencing solution, has agreed to settle allegations made by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it “engaged in a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined th… Continue reading FTC orders Zoom to enhance security practices

MS Teams: The Gateway Drug to Security Chaos

We all know the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to rapidly accelerate their adoption of collaboration solutions. For organizations already using Office 365 or Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams was a readily available answer to the remote workforce… Continue reading MS Teams: The Gateway Drug to Security Chaos

All Zoom users get end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option next week

Starting next week, Zoom users – both those who are on one of the paid plans and those who use it for free – will be able to try out the solution’s new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option. In this first rollout phase, all meeting part… Continue reading All Zoom users get end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option next week

Long Range WiFi Broadcasts Open-Source Video Conferencing

WiFi is an ubiquitous feature of the modern landscape, but due to power restrictions on most hardware alongside the high-frequency signal it’s typically fairly limited in range. This of course leads to frustration where a WiFi signal can be seen, but the connection is unreliable or slow. While most would …read more

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Teleconferencing Like It’s 1988: Connecting Vintage Hardware to Zoom

Hang up your car phone and toss that fax machine in the garbage. Even back in the late 80s it was possible to do away with these primitive technologies in favor of video conferencing, even though this technology didn’t catch on en masse until recently. In fact, Mitsubishi released a …read more

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