A security researcher has uncovered a vulnerability in the video conferencing platform Jonathan Leitschuh 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. Zoom said a fix launched by Zoom to tackle the DoS issue was not good enough. The problem stems from a feature launched by Zoom to simplify starting the app. Zoom allows call URLs to launch automatically on Windows to avoid users having to approve every Zoom call separately on their browser. But as security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh discovered, that seamlessness comes with a striking set of vulnerabilities for Zoom users on Apple computers—including one that could let an attacker hijack your webcam. Machines using Macs have a similar feature.
A security researcher has uncovered a vulnerability in the video conferencing platform Jonathan Leitschuh 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. Zoom said a fix launched by Zoom to tackle the DoS issue was not good enough. The problem stems from a feature launched by Zoom to simplify starting the app. Zoom allows call URLs to launch automatically on Windows to avoid users having to approve every Zoom call separately on their browser. Machines using Macs have a similar feature.