The Zoom package installer used a weak security certificate test and any file with the same name as the official Zoom package could easily bypass the test. The exploit allowed a threat actor to take control of someone’s Mac through the Zoom app, right down to the root level of the machine. The founder of the security non-profit Objective-See and an ex-NSA security analyst, Patrick Wardle, took to the stage on Friday and presented a stunning find: a massive security vulnerability in the Zoom installer for MacBooks. Zoom spent the weekend patching a major security flaw in its Mac app, and the update is available right now.Īccording to The Verge, it all began at Def Con, a computer security and hacker conference in Las Vegas. If you have Zoom installed on your MacBook, you’ll want to update the app right now.
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