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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Websense: Skype worm on the loose
>
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>| Early reports indicate that the worm sends messages via Skype Chat,
>| an instant-messenging tool. The messages ask recipients to download
>| and run a file called sp.exe.
>|
>| Once the file is executed, it installs spyware that can steal
>| passwords and other personal information. It also connects to
>| a remote server to download additional code.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6144756.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
> http://tinyurl.com/y6ll2h
This is as much about the vulnerabilities of Windows as it is of Skype,
I think. A weak operating system like Windows only needs a weak
application to be run on it, and the users are in all kinds of trouble.
Whilst there are occasional exploits in Linux, in its libraries, and in
its apps, as the OS is essentially secure, it's extremely difficult to
get all the pieces to align together in order to get a viable exploit
which can give access to system data or allow system damage to be
caused.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand
more from her? You don't want a rose to sing.
-- Thackeray
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