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AI finds Zoom screen-sharing bug, enabling device takeover

A security vulnerability in Zoom's screen-sharing feature, discovered using AI models, could have allowed attackers to take over users' devices without their knowledge. Researchers from A Security used AI with fewer than 20 prompts to find these flaws, highlighting the increasing accessibility of sophisticated hacking capabilities. Zoom has since rolled out patches for both its servers and client applications to address the vulnerabilities, which affected all supported operating systems. AI

IMPACT Highlights the increasing ease with which AI can find software vulnerabilities, potentially lowering the barrier for malicious actors.

RANK_REASON Security vulnerability disclosure and patch for a widely used software product.

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AI finds Zoom screen-sharing bug, enabling device takeover

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  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Lily Hay Newman ·

    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.