Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing

**Commentary by Dr. Vera Quark** Let’s cut through the noise: this isn’t a story about Zoom. It’s a story about the new hunter. A public, off-the-shelf AI tool cracked a major communication platform’s armor in under twenty prompts. No midnight hacking sessions, no black-hat genius—just a chatbot having a bad day and finding a backdoor. The implications are stark: the vulnerability discovery landscape has shifted from slow, human-guided research to an automated, high-speed arms race. This signals a future where AI doesn’t just *write* malware; it *hunts* for the doors to let it in. That "screen sharing" feature you trust for board meetings? It just became a potential launchpad for total device compromise. We are entering an era where every digital "feature" is a liability waiting to be found by a machine that never sleeps. The good news is the same tools can defend us. The bad news is the attackers have them too. The takeaway? Don’t just patch your software—start auditing your reality. Because when a machine can think its way into your laptop in 20 questions, your security is only as strong as the AI you haven't built yet. {"key_insight":"AI-driven vulnerability discovery is now a primary threat vector, shifting security from a human arms race to a machine-speed one.","confidence":0}