A dangerous Zoom screen-sharing bug could have let hackers hijack other devices on a call
- AI‑found Zoom flaws enabled device takeover through malicious annotation messages
- Exploits worked across all platforms and required only joining a video call
- Researchers warn AI now enables rapid, nation‑state‑level exploit development
Experts have warned that Zoom, one of the most popular collaboration tools in the world, carried multiple vulnerabilities that allowed malicious actors to take over people’s devices, entirely.
What makes these vulnerabilities particularly dangerous is that the victims need not do much to be compromised - participating in a video call with the attacker is enough.
The bugs were said to be present in every version of Zoom, on every device and operating system - Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, and Linux, in all versions up to and including 7.0.5 - with patches available now, so be sure to update immediately.
AI-powered security
The flaws were discoveredby security researchers A Security, which focuses on “autonomous offensive security”, using AI...
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