A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call
“Before it would have taken a team of five people maybe six months with a lot of refining and iteration to find this. Now people can reach the same results with under 20 prompts. And Zoom is an important type of target because people assume trust when using it.
- ▪“Before it would have taken a team of five people maybe six months with a lot of refining and iteration to find this.
- ▪Now people can reach the same results with under 20 prompts.
- ▪And Zoom is an important type of target because people assume trust when using it.
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Lily Hay NewmanSecurityAug 11, 2026 8:37 AMA Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a CallResearchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyAs AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered a sobering new example on Tuesday, disclosing vulnerabilities in the video conferencing platform Zoom that could have been exploited to take over targets’ devices.
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