2022-08-24T17:46:07+01:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085 AUGW info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ 2022-08-15T11:19:57+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10389 Tony Still info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ There is a serious security vulnerability in the current version of Zoom for Mac. If you have it installed, you should update it soon using the very recent (14th Aug?) update. Esteemed Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle reported this last December but Zoom's fix was flawed. He presented it at the Def Con conference last week and a valid fix is now available. Read more here. The problem is with Zoom's auto-update that can be tricked into downloading any malware and then escalating its privileges to root (Wardle's slides are here). I believe this needs a local (to your Mac) user to trigger it but that could be an innocent (you?) prompted by a social engineering attack (ie they tricked you). The root access grants the malware access to everything. Sadly this is not the first serious incident with Zoom on Mac, see The 'S' in Zoom, Stands for Security. 2022-08-17T11:32:53+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10390 Drew McFarlane info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Thank you Tony, have you the latest Version Number (Update) please. 2022-08-17T18:34:36+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10391 Mick Burrell info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ 5.11.5 2022-08-17T18:41:33+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10392 Drew McFarlane info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Thank you Mick, I am updated. 2022-08-19T21:13:31+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10394 Andrew Kemp info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ The latest version is now 5.11.6, because the fix in 5.11.5 could be bypassed. 2022-08-22T19:42:04+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10395 Barrie Turner info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Thanks for the Zoom update notice ver.5.11.5 (9788) Barrie 2022-08-23T12:23:09+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10396 Tony Still info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Thanks Andrew for noting that "The latest version is now 5.11.6". The ...6 is important because the ...5 version's fix was broken. 2022-08-24T09:36:03+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10397 Richard I info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I have just done the update and the latest version is now 5.11.9. So much for a right first time approach!! 2022-08-24T17:46:07+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/2085#10400 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Just did the 5.11.9 update. Perhaps if I check again in ten minutes there will be another update.