What is Zoombombing?
Zoombombing is when someone joins a random Zoom meeting and shares their screen, taking over the meeting and bombarding the attendees with unpleasant (at best) images or video. The risk of Zoom bombing can be mitigated by requiring passwords to join sessions and by changing certain security settings for the application.
MSU has taken the preventative step of requiring passwords for all future meetings. This does not affect meetings already scheduled. To set a password on an existing meeting, see KB 1039 (link)
Guide from MSU
MSU has put together a comprehensive guide for securing Zoom on the remote.msu.edu website: Secure Zoom (link).
It provides information and instructions on the following topics to secure Zoom:
- Enable Waiting Rooms
- Require Meeting Passwords
- Keep Your Personal Meeting ID Private
- Allow Authenticated Participants Only
- Mute Participants Upon Entry Default
- Disable Participant Screen Sharing
- Disable Participant-to-Participant Chat (Or Disable the Chat Altogether)
- Disable File Transfer
- Hide Telephone Numbers
- Enable Virtual Backgrounds