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Zoom bugs of the day: Windows passwords stolen, Macs overtaken

Forget the fact that Zoom truncates passwords that are longer than thirty-two characters:

From TechCrunch:

Hot on the heels of two security researchers finding a Zoom bug that can be abused to steal Windows passwords, another security researcher found two new bugs that can be used to take over a Zoom user’s Mac, including tapping into the webcam and microphone.

Whittaker, Zack. 2020. “Ex-NSA Hacker Drops New Zero-Day Doom For Zoom.” TechCrunch. April 1, 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/01/zoom-doom/.

About the Windows-password stealing stuff:

https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1245133371262619654

Check out their past ~week of shady shit here.