Social distancing has driven a massive spike in video conferencing. That, in turn, has spawned an increase in a so-called “ZoomBombing” attacks. These attacks target public group calls on the ...

Video conferencing software maker Zoom is introducing new features to tackle trolls and “zoombombers.” The company has introduced three new features designed to make it easier to spot and remove ...

Zoom has announced today the rollout of new security enhancements designed to help meeting hosts to block zoombombing attempts and participants to report misbehaving users. The Zoom video conferencing ...

Zoom has added some more tools to help users tackle trolls. Hosts and co-hosts can pause meetings while they deal with someone who's being disruptive. When they suspend participant activities through ...

Racist trolls are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis by hijacking Zoom meetings and specifically targeting Black people and women. Zoom has seen an uptick in usage, as it’s one of the only ...

Zoom, the company most of the world didn’t know existed before quarantine, is being banned from New York City classrooms due to some increasingly disturbing instances of “Zoombombing.” Zoombombing, ...

With a significant number of employees recently moving to work-from-home arrangements, trolls have found a new target for their antics — meetings held on the videoconferencing app Zoom. Zoom is a free ...

Zoom will automatically include passwords in invites for scheduled meetings going forward. Those who had previously scheduled meetings for after April 5th are encouraged to resend their invites, so ...

A lot of us are meeting each other on Zoom – for business, for school or just for fun. The virtual meeting app has skyrocketed in popularity since the coronavirus shut things down. Unfortunately, ...

The Tuesday-morning Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was going as planned. Members of the New York Inter-Group Association, the regional hub for the recovery group, had been signing on to AA meetings ...

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The University of Texas at Austin is investigating a racist “Zoom bombing” after two individuals entered a virtual meeting on Monday and yelled racist slurs at Black students, faculty, and staff. The ...