Malware disguised as Skype Defender
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Skype warns users password-stealing Trojan horse is making the rounds, disguised as a Skype security plug-in
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A possible Trojan horse hidden in an illegal cell-phone game hits smart phones using the Symbian operating system.
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Skype users should be wary of a new worm that is making its way through the network via the application's chat feature, the company said Monday.
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MALICIOUS programs that can delete address books, junk messages that flood a mobile phone&#39;s inbox and stealthy code that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to sneak onto handsets.
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New security software supplements antivirus protection by scanning systems for 'bot' malware that can take over unprotected PCs.
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An ingenious new Trojan is circulating that hijacks PCs and uses them to send SMS-based spam to mobile phones. After a PC has been infected, the Delf-HA Trojan contacts a Web site for details on which spam
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Some Skype users were left vulnerable to a possible worm attack Wednesday after company technicians failed to disable a buggy component of the network.Skype&#160;pulled the plug on its &quot;Add Video to Chat&quot; feature&#160;Tuesday after security researcher Aviv Raff reported that it suffered from a serious vulnerability. An attacker could create a self-copying worm program that could be used to&#160;install malicious software on victims&#39; machines&#160;and then go on to infect other Skype users.&quot;Add Video to Chat&quot; lets users pick videos from two sites -- Dailymotion.com and Metacafe.com -- and add them to their Skype chat sessions.Skype blocked access to these sites Tuesday after Raff&#39;s disclosure, effectively disabling the feature.But because of a misconfigured Skype proxy server, some users were still allowed to access the Metacafe videos, leaving them vulnerable to an attack, said Raff, who had been in discussions with Skype engineering staff over this issue.Because Raff has not publicly released his exploit code, the oversight probably doesn&#39;t pose a serious security risk for most Skype users, Raff noted.Skype expects to patch the underlying vulnerability sometime next week, said a spokeswoman for Metacafe. That&#39;s later than previously expected. On Tuesday, Metacafe said that a patch was due early Wednesday morning.Metacafe believes it&#39;s unlikely that an attacker could successfully exploit the flaw in a widespread attack, but with Raff&#39;s proof of concept code, a Skype user has to simply click on a maliciously crafted Web link in order to be infected.According to Raff, Skype uses a Windows Internet Explorer component with an inappropriate security setting. Instead of rendering HTML from the Internet with the more secure &quot;Internet Zone&quot; security setting, Skype uses IE&#39;s &quot;Local Zone&quot; security setting, usually reserved for more trustworthy content.Skype representatives did not return calls seeking comment for this story.
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More VoIP security woes Skype has patched a flaw involving its SkypeFind feature. But the security researcher who discovered the flaw said the VoIP platform remains exposed to cross-zone scripting vulnerabilities, like the latest SkypeFind bug and an earlier flaw involving movie files.â¦Learn &amp; Contribute, Live &amp; Online - The Register Debates Green Computing
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A flashier offshoot of the Trojan horse that affects Symbian-based cell phones has been discovered.
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A piece of instant-messaging malware called Heartworm is targeting users of Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger service, masquerading as an e-card and delivering an executable that draws personal and financial information off PCs.
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A warning was issued today about a âPeeping Tomâ computer virus which can hijack webcams and spy on users. The virus, or âwormâ as it is technically
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Skype patches a critical vulnerability that forced it to dump features from its VoIP and chat software to prevent attackers from hijacking Windows PCs.
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How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computerÂs hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet.
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Malware arrives in the form of a game, disables antivirus protection.
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A new Trojan horse is on the loose, threatening Symbian-based smart phones.
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A clever Windows virus called Bofra has started circulating on the net.
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First contact Security researchers have encountered what's reckoned to be the first spyware menace to target users of mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.â¦