Zoom App releases latest Encryption, Security features

Videoconferencing platform Zoom has released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection & privacy of personal information, country’s federal cybersecurity said on Monday, asking users to update its latest version.

A latest CERT-In advisory, accessed by the news agency said that “The latest version 5.0 of Zoom has been released which supports AES 256-bit GCM encryption of meeting data & greater resistance to tampering".

The National Technology Arm to combat cyber-attacks & guarding of the Indian cyberspace said that other security improvements include changing the minimum default password length to 6 characters for meetings, webinars & cloud recordings & giving the capability to admins to disable sharing on cloud recordings & setting their expiration times.

The newest addition of security features in the platform, whose usage spiked due to the nationwide lockdown, is believed to have been carried out in view of security-related advisories issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs & CERT-In to its users.

In April, the Union Home Ministry had issued an advisory & said that the Zoom meeting platform isn't safe & it is not to be used for official purposes by Govt officials.

Such a warning was also issued by the CERT-In & was reiterated by the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of the MHA.

Unguarded usage of Zoom between professionals working from home due to the Coronavirus pandemic can be vulnerable to attacks by leakage of sensitive office chat to cybercriminals, the CERT-In had said in April.

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