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‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts

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‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts

TL;DR

  • A major security vulnerability in Zoom allowed attackers to take over devices during calls.
  • The flaw was discovered by researchers using fewer than 20 prompts on publicly available AI models.
  • The exploit leveraged Zoom's annotation feature to run malicious code, steal data, or install malware without user interaction.
  • Zoom has patched the vulnerability, which affected all its platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS).