April 13

500,000 Zoom accounts offered on hacker boards

Cybersecurity intelligence agency Cyble found that over 500,000 Zoom accounts are being offered on the darkish net and hacker boards, in response to a Monday report from Bleeping Computer. The accounts are being offered for lower than a penny every, with some being given away without cost. Zoom customers are suggested to alter their passwords and to examine the info breach notification website, Have I Been Pwned, to assist decide whether or not their electronic mail addresses had been amongst these leaked within the assault. 

April 10

Pentagon restricts Zoom use

The Division of Protection issued new steering on using Zoom, as reported Friday by Voice of America. Whereas the Pentagon’s new rule permits using Zoom for Authorities, a paid service tier of the software program, a spokesperson informed VOA that “DOD users may not host meetings using Zoom’s free or commercial offerings.”