{"id":1355,"date":"2021-12-01T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:07:11","slug":"security-vulnerability-update-to-the-latest-version-of-zoom-on-your-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/2021\/12\/01\/security-vulnerability-update-to-the-latest-version-of-zoom-on-your-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Vulnerability: Update to the latest version of Zoom on your devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom has announced a security update for the Zoom client on all major devices (Mac, PC, iPhone, Android, etc.). The latest version (released on November 28, 2021 version 5.8.6) of the Zoom software patches a vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend that all Zoom users check for a software update anywhere Zoom is installed. Any client below 5.8.4 must be upgraded.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Update Zoom<\/h3>\n<p>Zoom provides a pop-up notification when there is a new mandatory or optional update within 24 hours of logging in.<br \/>\nIf you already have the Zoom desktop client installed:<br \/>\n* Sign in to the Zoom desktop client (type Zoom in the Search bar on a PC, and Launchpad or Finder&gt;Applications on a Mac)<br \/>\n* Click your profile picture<br \/>\n* Click Check for Updates<br \/>\n* Follow the prompts to complete the update<\/p>\n<p>On a mobile device, check the app store for updates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1357\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom1-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom1-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom1.png 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1356\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom2-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom2-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2021\/12\/zoom2.png 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom has announced a security update for the Zoom client on all major devices (Mac, PC, iPhone, Android, etc.). The latest version (released on November 28, 2021 version 5.8.6) of the Zoom software patches a vulnerability. We recommend that all Zoom users check for a software update anywhere Zoom is installed. Any client below 5.8.4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1359,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}