[technology taskforce] ZOOM 90-Day Security Plan Progress Report: April 15

Sat Apr 18 22:53:35 UTC 2020

Dear Daniel,

in one week I have seen more security and feature updates in Zoom than
in 3 years of prior utilisation. There are alternatives to Zoom, but
most of them have the same faults and can be equally as easy to hack.
Some alternatives might be better on security but are feature poor and
bandwidth hungry. Some are worse than Zoom on security and have done
nothing to address these points, and some alternatives are downright
awful to use... or "work" only on a single platform.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 18/04/2020 23:33, DANIEL NANGHAKA wrote:
> Are we still safe with zoom amidst all the flaws that have been
> identified?
>
> There was a time when a simple flaw was discover during an ICANN
> meeting, and Adobe Connect was shutdown. Is there an analysis of the
> effects. 
> What is the security guarantee that we have on zoom?
>
> Daniel KN
> ᐧ
>
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 17:17, Alfredo Calderon-Serrano via ttf
> <ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org <mailto:ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org>> wrote:
>
>     https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/15/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-april-15/
>
>
>
>     The newly released Security icon
>     <https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/08/zoom-product-updates-new-security-toolbar-icon-for-hosts-meeting-id-hidden/> in
>     the toolbar provides Zoom Meetings hosts and co-hosts with
>     one-click access to a number of existing Zoom security features,
>     including Lock Meeting and Enable the Waiting Room.
>
>     Changes to Zoom’s default settings
>
>     We’ve made changes to Zoom’s default meeting settings to improve
>     security before a meeting starts. Both meeting passwords and
>     Waiting Rooms are enabled by default for our free Basic users and
>     single Pro users, while those in our K-12 education program need a
>     password to join a meeting. Waiting Rooms also are on by default
>     for those K-12 users. 
>
>     Enhanced meeting password complexity
>
>     Account owners and admins can now configure minimum meeting
>     password requirements to include numbers, letters, and special
>     characters, or allow only numeric passwords. Free Basic account
>     users will now use alphanumeric passwords by default instead of
>     numeric passwords.  
>
>     Changes to data center routing  
>
>     Starting April 18, account admins will have the ability to choose
>     whether or not their data is routed through specific data center
>     regions, giving users more control of their interactions with
>     Zoom’s global network. Learn more about the process in our blog
>     post
>     <https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/13/coming-april-18-control-your-zoom-data-routing/>.
>
>     Bug bounty program with Katie Moussouris of Luta Security  
>
>     Zoom will be working with Luta Security to reboot our bug bounty
>     program. Luta Security was founded by Katie Moussouris, who
>     created some of the most important vulnerability programs still
>     running today. She started Microsoft Vulnerability Research and
>     Symantec Vulnerability Research, and also started Microsoft’s and
>     the Pentagon’s bug bounty programs. Luta Security will be
>     assessing Zoom’s program holistically with a 90-day “get well”
>     plan, which will cover all internal vulnerability handling
>     processes. Read more in Katie’s blog post
>     <https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/luta-security-and-zoom>.
>
>
>     Alfredo Calderón
>
>     Sent from my iPad
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-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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