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Zoom fixes flaws that allowed brute-force attacks to crack private meeting passwords – The Daily Swig
Recently revised six-number password default exposed by failure to throttle guesses
Recently revised six-number password default exposed by failure to throttle guesses
Zoom has resolved a serious security oversight that created a means for miscreants to crack private meeting passwords and eavesdrop on video conferencing sessions.
UK-based website developer turned security researcher Tom Anthony discovered that private meetings on Zoom were only protected by a six-digit numeric password, leaving one million possible combinations.
This, when combined with vulnerabilities in th…
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