Quickly Mute and Unmute Yourself Using the Physical Mute Button

With many conferences moving to fully virtual this year, video conferencing will continue to be a mainstay in our lives for the foreseeable future. [Elliot] wanted to spice up his video conferencing experience just a bit and make his experience a bit more ergonomic. We’ve all had the problem of …read more

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Emergence’s Jason Green thinks some of the tech backlash is justified, but the B2B opportunities still outweigh the challenges

Jason Green, co-founder and partner at Emergence, is one of the leading VCs investing in enterprise startups at the moment. But even with the focus on B2B, many of their companies have become household names — Zoom, Yammer, Box and Salesforce among them. Now, we’re all living in a climate where everything has been turned […] Continue reading Emergence’s Jason Green thinks some of the tech backlash is justified, but the B2B opportunities still outweigh the challenges

Zoom for Home: New category to support business professionals working remotely

Zoom Video Communications announced Zoom for Home, a new category of software experiences and hardware devices to support remote work use cases. In a time where employers are grappling with what the new normal of work will look like, Zoom for Home elev… Continue reading Zoom for Home: New category to support business professionals working remotely

Zoom introduces all-in-one home communications appliance for $599

Zoom has become the de facto standard for online communications during the pandemic, but the company has found that it’s still a struggle for many employees to set up the equipment and the software to run a meeting effectively. The company’s answer is an all-in-one communications appliance with Zoom software ready to roll in a […] Continue reading Zoom introduces all-in-one home communications appliance for $599

Researchers extract personal data from video conference screenshots

Video conference users should not post screen images of Zoom and other video conference sessions on social media, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers, who easily identified people from public screenshots of video meetings on Zoo… Continue reading Researchers extract personal data from video conference screenshots

Zero-Day Vulnerability in Zoom Affected Windows 7 Users

A zero-day vulnerability affecting the Zoom client for Windows has been discovered that would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on remote devices. Only Windows 7 and older OSes were affected, further complicating the situation. Zoom vulnerabi… Continue reading Zero-Day Vulnerability in Zoom Affected Windows 7 Users

‘Zoom account suspended’ phishing scam aims at Office 365 credentials

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The phishing scam targets victims by claiming that their…
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Zoom Zero-Day Flaw Allegedly Allows Full Takeover of Windows PCs

Video conferencing software Zoom is again in the spotlight over an alleged critical vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over the victim’s computer and all data on it. Discovered by an unnamed security researcher and reported to Acr… Continue reading Zoom Zero-Day Flaw Allegedly Allows Full Takeover of Windows PCs

Zero-day flaw found in Zoom for Windows 7

A previously unknown flaw in the videoconferencing software Zoom could allow a hacker to remotely commandeer computers running old versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, security researchers said Thursday. A hacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could access files on the vulnerable computer, said Mitja Kolsek, chief executive of ACROS Security, the Slovenian cybersecurity firm that highlighted the issue. “If the user is a local administrator, the attacker could completely take over the computer,” Kolsek told CyberScoop. The “zero-day” vulnerability applies to Zoom software running on Windows 7, or even older operating systems. Microsoft has tried to phase technical support out for Windows 7 in an effort to encourage users to upgrade to more secure operating systems. But Windows 7 is still widely used, and some organizations have struggled to move their computers to the latest Windows software en masse. Kolsek said he is holding off on publishing a full […]

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