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Millions of people have been working from home as a result of the corona virus lockdown in the country and in many countries around the world. While working from home, the meeting is being done by Skype or Zoom video call app. zoom app popularity can be measured by the fact that it has surpassed Microsoft’s Skype in terms of video conferencing. As far as downloading is concerned, the Zoom App has entered top trending on the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, while raising questions about security and privacy.
India’s Network Emergency Response Team, the national agency to combat cyberattacks and protect cyberspace, said unguarded use of the digital application may be vulnerable to cyber attacks, including leakage of confidential office information to cyber criminals.
CERT announces an advisory concerning the use of the Zoom App
The National Cyber Security Agency and India’s Computer Emergency Response Team have warned people on Thursday about the security of the popular Zoom video conferencing app. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said that the Zoom app could be a means of cyber attacks. Using this app, cyber criminals can steal and may misuse government or private office data. CERT has indicated that there is a risk of data leakage with the zoom app. In terms of security, the Agency said that before using the zoom app, keep the app up-to-date. Use of the strong passwords which cant be cracked easily. Some other counter-measures included: When no file transfers are necessary, limited or disabled, assure removed participants are unable to rejoin meetings and limit screen sharing only to the host when not needed. “Lock the meeting session until all of your participants have participated, and limit the ‘allow record’ call record feature to trusted participants only,” it said.
Daily more than 20 million daily users
Zoom CEO Eric S. according to the yuan in one of his blogs, Zoom’s daily active users amounted to 10 million in December 2019 which has increased to about 200 million in March 2020. He said more than 900,000 schools in 20 countries around the world are using the Zoom app because of the Corona virus epidemic.
What did the CEO say about privacy?
CEO Eric S. Yuan is responding to security questions, saying that the company is investigating the matter and that the security issue will be resolved in the next 90 days. Yuan said that the zoom app was previously designed only for enterprises, but has also begun to be used for office meetings following the outbreak of the Corona virus. We’re facing these challenges. Which we did not foresee, though we are working on it.
