April 06, 2020

Another Marriott Data Breach, Zoom-Bombing, Economic Stimulus Scams

11 minutes

In episode 115 for April 6th 2020: The latest on yet another Marriott data breach, what you need to know about Zoom-Bombing and other Zoom privacy concerns, and new warnings about US economic stimulus payment scams.

** Show notes and links mentioned on the show **

Marriott discloses another security breach that may impact over 5 million guests

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/1/21203313/marriott-database-security-breach-5-million-guest

Marriott International: Incident Notification

https://mysupport.marriott.com/

Zoom to iPhone users: We’re no longer sending your data to Facebook

https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-to-iphone-users-were-no-longer-sending-your-data-to-facebook/

Zoom to iPhone users: We’re no longer sending your data to Facebook

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trolls-started-invading-public-zoom-211626623.html

Zoom Lets Attackers Steal Windows Credentials, Run Programs via UNC Links

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoom-client-leaks-windows-login-credentials-to-attackers/

Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/

Zoom: We’re freezing all new features to sort out security and privacy

https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-were-freezing-all-new-features-to-sort-out-security-and-privacy/

IRS Warns of Surge in Economic Stimulus Payment Scams

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/irs-warns-of-surge-in-economic-stimulus-payment-scams/

Official IRS Coronavirus Relief Webpage

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus

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