Everybody's worried about Zoom this week. As the video conferencing software rocketed to 200 million users amid widespread shelter-in-place orders, security and privacy pros have catalogued a litany of issues. It's probably perfectly fine for most people! But especially if you need true end-to-end encrypted meetings, maybe give Zoom a minute to get its act together.
Zoom's not the only one benefiting from novel coronavirus quarantines. Online credit card skimmers have stepped up their activity now that everyone's shopping from home, according to data from security company RiskIQ. The most notable of these groups is Magecart, which recently laid siege to blender vendor Nutribullet. Making matters worse: The workers who would normally be on top of responding to the attacks are also working from home, making it even harder to get a handle on things.
Speaking of not having a handle, Marriott has been hacked again. The hotel giant notably suffered one of the biggest breaches in history when up to 500 million of its customers had their personal information—including passport numbers—stolen in 2018. The latest breach, which started in January of this year, affects up to 5.2 million members of the company's Bonvoy loyalty program. You can see if you're one of them here.
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