It has been claimed that more than 500000 Zoom accounts are being hacked and sold on the dark web.
Video conferencing app Zoom has seen an increase in users since the COVID-19 epidemic. However, not only the increase in its usage, but also several flaws in the privacy and security of the app have been seen. Earlier, many such reports have come out in which questions have been raised about the security of Zoom. At the same time, a news report has claim that more than 500,000 Zoom accounts is hack and sold on the dark web.
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According to the latest news from Bleeping Computer, hackers are selling these Zoom accounts for less than a penny. At the same time, in many cases, they are also available for free. The report states that the information about free Zoom accounts was first reported by cyberspace intelligence firm Saibal on 1 April. The company then went to the hackers and bought 530,000 zoom credentials from them for $ 0.0020 per ie, about 0.15 paise per account.
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The report also stated that these accounts is hack through credential stuffing attacks. They used to login to the app from previously leaked accounts. The report states that such attacks are not new to Zoom.
According to the report, these Zoom accounts include email addresses, passwords, personal meeting URLs and HostKeys. Of these, 290 accounts are from the University of Vermont, Dartmouth, Lafayette, Florida, Colorado, among others. At the same time, some accounts are hold by Citibank, Chase and others. Both Bleeping Computer and Cyble companies have claimed that they have verified some accounts and all these credentials are valid.
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In such a situation, users are advise to change their passwords. Especially when you are using this password elsewhere. Users can check whether their email address has been hacked by going to Cyble’s AmIBreached service or Have I Been Pwned.
