Zoom application problems

Many of us use the zoom application for conference calls because there are many advantages, the best of which is free of charge in case the call duration is 40 minutes, it can work on weak networks, the sound quality of the program is very excellent, so all parties can hear some of them clearly, one room can accommodate a very large number of subscribers Up to 100 participants per room, the program contains a box for written conversations that can be used during meetings, while providing communication with the group as a whole or with a specific person, the program contains a unique tool that allows sharing the device screen with the group, and therefore can be used to view and share many From windows and other programs on the device, knowing this feature is available for use from the program or application, and many other benefits.

The problem is that many do not know the dangers of using this application, as mentioned recently
As a privacy, security, and many prosecutors in the United States of America, the US Senate, and the FBI, bad news about the program's problems continued to accumulate in recent days, prompting the company to respond.
The company's founder and CEO (Eric S. Yuan) apologized for the problems, outlined measures to enhance Zoom's security and privacy, and also announced a 90-day freeze of features, adding that the company was shifting all of its engineering resources into focus on the biggest confidence, safety and privacy issues.
Whereas the problems were:

•     Zoom Privacy Policy Fails:In indicating that the iOS version of the application was sending analytical data to Facebook, even when users do not have a Facebook account, according to the Vice Report issued last week, as the company acknowledged the problem, and removed the Facebook Software Development Kit (SDK) for iOS, But Zoom is still facing a class-action lawsuit in California on the matter.
  

•     Despite claims to the contrary:According to research by The Intercept, the app's video and audio meetings do not support universal encoding, Zoom programmers later apologized and explained that the app uses transport encoding known as TLS. The main difference is that the latter does not put user communications out of company reach.
  

•     The application contains several security vulnerabilities:Although it was all fixed in a short time, Windows users found it vulnerable to UNC path injection malfunction, which enables it to expose individual Windows login credentials; This leads to random commands being executed on their device, and there are two vulnerabilities this time affecting Zoom users via MacOS so that the attacker can control the computer.
  

•     Zoom also dropped attendance tracking:It is a feature that enables the meeting host to check if participants are really notified when the host is in screen sharing mode.

How do you keep you safe?

1. Protect your meetings with a password, and check the meeting participants with the help of (waiting room) feature.
2. Restrict screen sharing to host only.
3. Running the latest version of Zoom.
4. Refrain from sharing links or meeting identifiers on social media.
5. Consider using meeting IDs instead of links when inviting other participants, as there is an increase in malicious attempts towards Zoom, which seeks to capitalize on the unexpected success of the application.