Why Zero-Trust in Video Conferencing is Crucial

Why Zero-Trust in Video Conferencing is Crucial

By now you’ve likely heard the term “zero-trust” and how it relates to cybersecurity. A few years ago, it was in more of a conceptual stage, two attached words floating about like ...
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Leaking Screen Information on Zoom Calls through Reflections in Eyeglasses

Okay, it’s an obscure threat. But people are researching it: Our models and experimental results in a controlled lab setting show it is possible to reconstruct and recognize with over 75 percent ...

Video Conferencing Apps Sometimes Ignore the Mute Button

New research: “Are You Really Muted?: A Privacy Analysis of Mute Buttons in Video Conferencing Apps“: Abstract: In the post-pandemic era, video conferencing apps (VCAs) have converted previously private spaces — bedrooms, ...

Zoom Will Be End-to-End Encrypted for All Users

Zoom is doing the right thing: it's making end-to-end encryption available to all users, paid and unpaid. (This is a change; I wrote about the initial decision here.) ...we have identified a ...

Zoom’s Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not

Zoom was doing so well.... And now we have this: Corporate clients will get access to Zoom's end-to-end encryption service now being developed, but Yuan said free users won't enjoy that level ...

Securing Internet Videoconferencing Apps: Zoom and Others

The NSA just published a survey of video conferencing apps. So did Mozilla. Zoom is on the good list, with some caveats. The company has done a lot of work addressing previous ...
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Maintaining Meeting Security During the Coronavirus

Whether you’re in the office or at home, there’s probably one activity you do more than any other: meetings. It doesn’t matter if you’re a financial analyst, a marketing intern or head ...
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Zoom, Meet Privacy

This week, multiple cities, including New York and Washington DC, banned public schools from using Zoom, and the FBI issued a warning about the videoconferencing tool’s privacy and security breaches at the ...
New York City Schools Ban Zoom over Security and Privacy Woes

New York City Schools Ban Zoom over Security and Privacy Woes

The State of New York has decided to ban Zoom from city schools amid news of security and privacy concerns surrounding the popular videoconferencing software. “DOE staff and service providers should cease ...

We’re All Remote Here: Videoconferencing Securely

The current pandemic has certainly shown the utility of electronic collaboration tools such as videoconferencing platforms. Once an expensive perk of solely enterprise companies, the video call is now used not only ...