A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call
Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.
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Researchers discovered vulnerabilities in a video conferencing platform's screen-sharing feature that could allow anyone on a call to take over another participant's device without their knowledge or interaction. A public AI tool required fewer than 20 prompts to identify this flaw, which has since been fixed. The vulnerability highlights growing concerns about AI models' advancing capabilities to find software weaknesses and develop ways to exploit them.
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