Malicious Website / Malicious Code: New Warezov spreading via Skype
Skype users receive a message that says "Check up this," with a URL containing a hyperlink. When users click on the link, they are redirected to a site that is hosting a file named file_01.exe. Users are prompted to run the file (note: there is no vulnerability within Skype). If the user runs the file, several other files are downloaded and run.
The rest of the article:
http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/alert...php?AlertID=757
Skype users receive a message that says "Check up this," with a URL containing a hyperlink. When users click on the link, they are redirected to a site that is hosting a file named file_01.exe. Users are prompted to run the file (note: there is no vulnerability within Skype). If the user runs the file, several other files are downloaded and run.
The rest of the article:
http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/alert...php?AlertID=757

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