Zoom is releasing a major security update this weekend to patch potential vulnerabilities and roll out new features to keep meetings secure. The video conferencing program has seen hundreds of millions of new users as people were forced to work from home due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The company said that they host roughly 300 million meeting participants every day, which is up from 200 million in March.
The large number of users has put a strain on Zoom, and many of its security vulnerabilities were exposed. One of the biggest complaints has been "zoombombing," where a random person joins a meeting and starts misbehaving. In some cases, the "zoom bombers" yell racial slurs, while in other cases, they are naked and perform pornographic acts.
When the new update rolls out, dubbed Zoom 5.0, meeting hosts will have the ability to report people who misbehave. The Meeting Room feature, which allows a host to keep participants from joining the call automatically, will be on by default. The update will also provide support for a better encryption standard, which will roll out to all users by May 30.
"I am proud to reach this step in our 90-day plan, but this is just the beginning," Eric Yuan, Zoom's founder, and CEO said. "We will earn our customers' trust and deliver them happiness with our unwavering focus on providing the most secure platform."
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