A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call

A critical Zoom vulnerability in screen-sharing functionality could allow attackers to silently take over participants' devices during calls, discovered using AI-powered vulnerability detection in under 20 prompts—demonstrating the democratization of sophisticated hacking tools that previously required months of expert effort. While Zoom has already patched the flaw across all operating systems, this incident exposes a fundamental shift in cybersecurity risk: widely-trusted enterprise communication tools are now attractive targets for AI-assisted attacks that lower the barrier to entry for attackers and enable lateral movement into entire organizations. This represents a strategic inflection point where IT organizations must reassess their security assumptions around seemingly-safe platforms and accelerate patch deployment cycles.