Re: So, Skype is responsible for all those telemarketing calls I've been getting?

["Adriel T. Desautels" <ad_lists () netragard com>]

The attack isn't that interesting actually, its just basic social  
engineering really.



On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &  
Hannah wrote:

> A new phishing attack allows hackers to gain access to a user’s  
> Skype client and
> then  proxy outbond calls. The technique is called  
> “SkypeSkrayping.”  Using
> either an inline frame or image tag, attackers could add a Specific  
> Call Forwarding
> Number, grant attacker ability to receive the victim’s incoming  
> call, obtain a
> Skype-To-Go Number, and/or grant an attacker the ability to access  
> victim’s
> voicemail, speed dial, and outbound calling via Spoofed Caller-ID.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenfield/?p=307
>
> ======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
> rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
> It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
>                                                   - Albert Einstein
> http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm
> http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://twitter.com/rslade
> http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/
>
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