The use of Zoom has exploded after the state of alarm was
decreed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but its massive use has revealed a
series of existing vulnerabilities in the application that have been rectified.
Here, IT specialist Walter Helwich explains it to us all there is to know about
this cloud meetings app.
The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated
confinement of citizens has brought about the widespread use of
videoconferences and chat applications such as Zoom, Skype, WebEx, Houseparty,
Google Meet (Hangouts) or Microsoft Teams.
Specifically, data reveals that individual and collective
video calls through the Zoom application have shot up 4,076% compared to the
days before the alarm status was decreed, according to data gathered by Walter
Helwich, an expert in Information Technology.
However, its massive use has revealed a series of existing
vulnerabilities in the application, which has generated concern among users.
This circumstance has been reflected in the queries received through the
WhatsApp number launched by in order to deal with #Coronabul.
