{"id":40738,"date":"2020-04-15T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=9e567dab18253e76ad97317d9676b8dd"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:31:56","slug":"standard-chartered-bans-zoom-and-google-hangouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/standard-chartered-bans-zoom-and-google-hangouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered bans Zoom and Google Hangouts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Sabina Weston<\/a><\/span>
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15 Apr, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Standard Chartered has become the first major bank to ban the use of Zoom and Google Hangouts among its employees due to cybersecurity concerns.<\/p>\n

In a memo seen by Reuters<\/em><\/a>, CEO Bill Winters told managers not to use the popular video communication services, joining an array of companies and governments who have banned Zoom in the last weeks.<\/p>\n

A Standard Chartered spokeswoman told Reuters<\/em> that cyber security<\/a> remains a top priority and that staff can use several authorized tools for audio and video conferencing.<\/p>\n

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\nWinters’ decision to warn employees against using Google Hangouts is\u00a0rather unprecedented, as Alphabet\u2019s platform for virtual gatherings has not earned the same reputation for cybersecurity issues as Zoom.<\/p>\n

Zoom has been plagued by security concerns since it saw a surge in users following COVID-19<\/a> remote working boom. It’s been revealed that the company\u00a0doesn’t use end-to-end encryption, despite specifically stating that it does on its website, while incidents of ‘Zoom-bombing’ have forced governments, businesses\u00a0and schools alike to ban the use of the platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, Zoom founder Eric Yuan told CNN<\/em> that the company had “moved too fast”<\/a> and should have done more to enforce password and meeting room security.<\/p>\n

Neither Google Hangouts nor Zoom boasts the same level of encryption as more secure business-oriented communication platforms, such as Cisco WebEx or Microsoft Teams. Two employees who were not authorized to speak on the matter told Reuters<\/em> that Standard Chartered uses the latter.<\/p>\n

However, even the most secure platforms are not immune to security threats. The Cofense Phishing Defense Center recently discovered a new phishing campaign that aims to harvest WebEx credentials using a security warning for the application. The campaign has managed to successfully avert Cisco\u2019s own Secure Email Gateway.<\/p>\n

Last month, Microsoft Teams<\/a> went down across Europe for two hours, causing mass frustration for the many remote workers who had begun remote working<\/a> amid the coronavirus pandemic. The platform had gained 12 million users in just one week following a surge of remote working.\u200b<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sabina Weston<\/p>\n

15 Apr, 2020 <\/p>\n

Standard Chartered has become the first major bank to ban the use of Zoom and Google Hangouts among its employees due to cybersecurity concerns.
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