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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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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
Zoom reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations it misrepresented its security and privacy protections for users, the FTC announced Monday. In its action against Zoom, the FTC alleged Zoom “engaged in a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users.” The FTC alleged that Zoom misled users when it claimed it offered end-to-end encryption — intended to protect user communications from external, unintended eavesdroppers — when Zoom actually didn’t offer that level of security, according to the complaint. The FTC also alleged Zoom informed users it would store recordings of Zoom meetings in an encrypted format, when in reality they were kept unencrypted up to 60 days, and eventually were encrypted later. Zoom compromised users’ security when it secretly installed ZoomOpener, software intended to help users join meetings more seamlessly, but which actually made users vulnerable to malware, according to the FTC. The FTC alleges […]
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Researchers figure out how to read what people are typing during a Zoom call using shoulder movements. Continue reading Zoom Snooping: How Body Language Can Spill Your Password
Qualys announced Container Runtime Security, which provides runtime defense capabilities for containerized applications. Qualys Runtime Container Security This new approach instruments an extremely lightweight snippet of Qualys code into the container … Continue reading Qualys Container Runtime Security: Defense for containerized applications
Zoom adds a much-requested feature (but with a catch), TikTok partners with Shopify and Jack Dorsey lays out his argument for tomorrow’s Senate hearing. This is your Daily Crunch for October 27, 2020. The big story: Zoom adds end-to-end encryption to free calls Zoom was criticized earlier this year for saying it would only offer […] Continue reading Daily Crunch: Zoom adds end-to-end encryption to free calls
Zoom says a key deal earlier this year helped it globally implement an important security feature at a time when the videoconferencing app became a household word. The company said Monday that it was officially rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all free and paid users, and it credited the acquisition of messaging and file-sharing service Keybase as a crucial decision toward that milestone. “This has been a highly requested feature from our customers, and we’re excited to make this a reality,” Jason Lee, Zoom’s chief information security officer, said in a statement. “Kudos to our encryption team who joined us from Keybase in May and developed this impressive security feature within just six months.” Zoom announced the upgrade a couple of weeks ago, but said it was live as of Monday for Windows, macOS and Android users. Approval for the feature on iOS was awaiting approval from Apple’s App […]
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The video chat darling of the pandemic has finally added the security feature it claimed it had been using all along.
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The Mandelbrot set is a curious mathematical oddity that, while interesting in its own right, is also a useful tool for benchmarking various types of computers. Its constant computing requirement when zooming in and out on the function, combined with the fact that it can be zoomed indefinitely, means that …read more
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In episode 143 for October 19th 2020: Microsoft gets creative to help take down the TrickBot botnet, details on how attackers have been using VPN flaws to attack election support systems, and Zoom’s rollout of end-to-end encryption. ** Links mentioned … Continue reading TrickBot Takedown, VPN Flaws, Zoom End-to-End Encryption