Skype users might want to have a read...
Worm spreading on Skype IM installs ransomware
QuoteA malicious worm spreading through Skype instant messages threatens to take control of a victim's machine and hold its contents for ransom.
The issue, which was first brought to light Friday by GFI, tricks users into downloading a ZIP file by displaying the socially-engineered message, "lol is this your new profile pic?" along with a link that also spreads the message to other Skype users. The ZIP filed contains an executable file that installs a variant of the Dorkbot worm and creating a backdoor via "Blackhole," an exploit kit used by criminals to infect computers through security holes.
The backdoor allows a remote attacker to take control of the machine and install the ransomware, a malicious application that locks the user out of the computer via password or encryption and demands a payment, or ransom, in exchange for its contents. This particular strain demands a payment of $200 within 48 hours or risk having their files deleted.
PC users are also presented with a screen (see below) that claims the computer has been used to visit sites of a nefarious nature, including the downloading of MP3s, illegal pornography, gambling, and illegal drugs, and threatens to send that information to the "special Department of US government" via a program called "System Cleaner," which it claims was developed by the U.S. government "to prevent crime and illegal activity on the Internet."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57528353-83/worm-spreading-on-skype-im-installs-ransomware/ (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57528353-83/worm-spreading-on-skype-im-installs-ransomware/)
Can we go fishing with it? ;)
hehehehe
Shouldn't that be spelt "Phishing"? ;D
FB!
-Sorry. That was awful.
*Shamed*
FB!
Skype is a gaping hole in any PC security. My advice is just don't use it.
PRC admin had an incident and most of us don't use it now.
Skype was crashing My system - back before the operating system change that allowed Me to see vids - and I never used it since that early attempt. Guess I'm not going to.
Quote from: Fruitbat on October 10, 2012, 12:29:17 AM
Shouldn't that be spelt "Phishing"? ;D
FB!
:) +1
1337 h4ck3rz ruined a perfectly good name for a band....
http://youtu.be/GtRXYKxFYvE (one of my favorite Phish songs! )