Searches, and the links' corresponding videos could then be targets for malicious actors to download if users didn't manually password-protect them. Some share links can be found through URL-targeted They're simpler than a video's lengthier permanent URL and usually include part of a company's or organization's name. Share links are just what they sound like: links that users share to invite someone to a Zoom meeting. Watch this: Zoom privacy: How to keep spying eyes out of your meetings Zoom has also allegedly shared user data with Facebook, prompting at least three lawsuits against the company. Daily meeting participants on the platform surged from 10 million in December to 200 million in March.Īs it grew in popularity, so did the number of people exposed to Zoom's privacy risks, with concerns ranging from built-in attention-tracking features to " Zoombombing," the practice of uninvited attendees breaking into and disrupting meetings with hate-filled or pornographic content. As the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people to stay home over the past month, Zoom suddenly became the video meeting service of choice.
The new Zoom exploit was discovered as the video conference platform draws attention for security and privacy problems that have been exposed by the rapid growth of its user base. "To further strengthen security, we have also implemented complex password rules for all future cloud recordings, and the password protection setting is now turned on by default," a Zoom spokesman told CNET. "Upon learning of this issue, we took immediate action to prevent brute-force attempts on password-protected recording pages by adding rate limit protections through reCaptcha," a Zoom spokesman told CNET.
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