Zoom has reconsidered its response to a security flaw and is promising new fixes - Quartz

After initially brushing off security concerns raised by a software engineer who went public with his findings, Zoom Video Communications is stepping up its response. ....
https://qz.com/work/1662473/zoom-video-steps-up-its-response-to-a-security-flaw-and-promises-a-patch/

Zoom defends use of local web server on Macs after security report | ZDNet

Video conferencing company Zoom has defended its use of a local web server on Macs as a "workaround" to changes that were introduced in Safari 12.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/zoom-defends-use-of-local-web-server-on-macs-after-security-report/

Serious Security Flaw With Teleconferencing App Could Allow Websites to Hijack Mac Webcams - Gizmodo

On Monday, security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh publicly disclosed a serious zero-day vulnerability in conferencing software Zoom—which apparently achieves its click-to-join feature, which allows users to go directly to a video meeting from a browser link, on Mac computers by installing a local web server running as a background process that "accepts requests regular browsers wouldn't," per the Verge. ....
https://gizmodo.com/serious-security-flaw-with-teleconferencing-app-allowed-1836202438

Pointing Out Flaws in Christianity | John - St Louis | Atheist Experience 22.15 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSXVTrDq7pA

Chinese State Media: Government Shutdown Shows U.S. Democracy 'Chaotic' and Chronically Flawed

China’s official news agency said in a commentary on Sunday that the shutdown of the U.S. government exposed “chronic flaws” in the U.S. political system....
 http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-state-media-government-shutdown-exposes-us-democracy-chaotic-and-786241

Report: All Intel Processors Made in the Last Decade Might Have a Massive Security Flaw

There’s small screwups and big screwups. Here is tremendously huge screwup: Virtually all Intel processors produced in the last decade have a major security hole that could allow “normal user programs—from database applications to JavaScript in web browsers—to discern to some extent the layout or contents of protected kernel memory areas,” the Register reported on Tuesday.

https://gizmodo.com/report-all-intel-processors-made-in-the-last-decade-mi-1821728240

Microsoft is forcing users to install a critically flawed password manager -- Ars Technica

Win 10 version of Keeper has 16-month-old bug allowing sites to steal passwords. ....
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/microsoft-is-forcing-users-to-install-a-critically-flawed-password-manager/