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• Dorkbot worm lurks on Skype and MSN Messenger again

  11.02.2013

  The Dorkbot/Rodpicom worm, which spreads via messaging applications and leads to additional malware infections, is currently doing rounds on Skype and MSN Messenger, warns Fortinet.

• Skype becomes a malware minefield

  22.01.2013

  Skype users should be careful when using the service these days.

• Hiding secret messages in Skype silences

  07.01.2013

  A group of researchers from the Institute of Telecommunications of the Warsaw University of Technology have devised a way to send and receive messages hidden in the data packets used to represent silences during a Skype call.

• Skype fixes account hijacking vulnerability

  14.11.2012

  Skype has temporarily disabled its password reset function while it was investigating reports about a vulnerability that has been misused to hijack users' accounts, but the function is now available again as they claim to have fixed the problem.

• Malware targeting Skype missed a trick

  16.10.2012

  Last week reports came out stating that the Dorkbot worm is now targeting Skype users.

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