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‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
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Security researchers recently utilized public AI models to identify a critical Zoom vulnerability enabling remote device hijacking. Zoom has issued a patch for the exploit, which originated in the platform's annotation feature.
- 01Researchers uncovered the major security flaw using fewer than 20 prompts on public AI models
- 02The vulnerability allowed attackers to compromise and hijack user devices during active meetings
- 03Zoom has officially released a patch to remediate the identified annotation feature exploit
- 04Enterprise IT departments should verify all client software is updated to the latest secure version
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Zoom has patched a major security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to hijack anyone's device during a meeting. In a blog post on Tuesday, researchers at A Security say they uncovered the flaw using "fewer than 20 prompts on publicly available AI models," as reported earlier by Wired. The exploit involved Zoom's annotation feature, […]