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After Microsoft took a swipe at Zoom over security and privacy, Google has now offered its take on how Google Meet blocks the ‘zoombombing’ pranksters who’ve struck Zoom meetings and classrooms in recent weeks. While ease-of-use has made Zoom the video-conferencing platform star in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, its security issues have become the main […] More
Image: Allie Smith Former Facebook and Yahoo Chief Security Officer (CSO) Alex Stamos is joining Zoom as an outside security consultant. In a blog post published on Medium today, Stamos said he decided to join the company after a phone call last week with Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan. Yuan approached Stamos for the […] More
Researchers have sought to put to bed a persistent debate: whether or not fingerprint-based biometric authentication can be fooled. On Wednesday, Cisco Talos researchers Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura published the results of an in-depth study into how the sensors used in fingerprint biometric systems can be duped, resulting in smartphones and tablets providing access […] More
An investor in Zoom has filed a class action lawsuit against the video-conferencing company, accusing it of fudging details about its encryption, hiding security flaws, and disclosing personal information to Facebook. Bloomberg reports that investor Michael Drieu has accused Zoom of concealing the truth about its platform security. The accusations haven’t helped Zoom’s stock price, […] More
xHelper is a particularly damaging and virulent form of malware that has become a thorn in the side of Android mobile device users. First spotted in March 2019 and once deemed unkillable — but still considered very dangerous — the mobile malware has been traced back to the download and installation of apps outside of […] More
Firefox maker Mozilla has released version 75 of the browser with a revamped address bar and major search improvements. But while it won’t change its regular browser release schedule as Google and Microsoft have done during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, it is holding back new security and privacy features that affect site compatibility. Working from […] More
A new botnet has entered the threat landscape that researchers say “puts to shame” others on the scene, such as Mirai and Qbot. On Wednesday, researchers from cybersecurity firm Bitdefender said the new botnet, dubbed “dark_nexus,” packs a range of features and capabilities that go beyond those typically found in today’s botnets. Botnets are networks […] More
Image: Tails Project Tail OS, an operating system optimized for privacy and anonymity, has released version 4.5 this week, the first version that supports a crucial security feature named UEFI Secure Boot. Secure Boot works by using cryptographic signatures to verify that firmware files loaded during a computer’s boot-up process are authentic and have not […] More
