A security researcher has uncovered a vulnerability in the video conferencing platform Zoom that allows hackers to see whatever the user ’s webcam is pointing at and , in the case of Macs , to launch a denial - of - service ( DoS ) attack . Jonathan Leitschuh said a fix launched by Zoom to fix the security issue was not good enough . The problem stems from a feature introduced by Zoom to avoid starting the app . It allows call URLs to change automatically on Macs to avoid users having to approve every Zoom call separately on their browser . This Zoom vulnerability is especially concerning and downright creepy because it doesn't require a user to be on a Zoom call," says Tenable's David Wells. Machines using Windows have a similar feature .
A security researcher has uncovered a vulnerability in the video conferencing platform Zoom that allows hackers to see whatever the user ’s webcam is pointing at and , in the case of Macs , to launch a denial - of - service ( DoS ) attack . Jonathan Leitschuh said a fix launched by Zoom to fix the security issue was not good enough . The problem stems from a feature introduced by Zoom to avoid starting the app . It allows call URLs to change automatically on Macs to avoid users having to approve every Zoom call separately on their browser . Machines using Windows have a similar feature .