ZOOM is a great way to stay in touch – but you need the right settings to stay safe. “Zoombombing” in case you haven’t heard, is the unsavoury practice of posting distressing comments, …
ZOOM is a great way to stay in touch – but you need the right settings to stay safe.
Last week, Zoom upgraded security on its default settings, but only for education accounts. The rest of the world needs to do this manually.Video conferencing technology has matured in recent years, driven by massive demand even before COVID-19. In January, Zoom issued a raft of security patches to fix some problems. If you get a prompt from Zoom to install updates, you should – but only if these updates are from Zoom’s own app and website, or via updates from Google Play or Apple’s App Store. Third-party downloads may contain malware .While up-to-date software is your first line of defence, another is to keep your meeting URL away from public forums such as Twitter.
At present, it doesn’t appear Zoombombing is an organised criminal activity. That said, it’s probably only a matter of time before someone finds a way to leverage financial reward from the practice. This could take the form of business intelligence gleaned from listening in to the meetings of rivals and competitors, in a similar fashion to planting a “bug” in the room.
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