Comments on: Windows Update Via Skype – A quick look at Internet Fraud http://www.hackyeah.com/2010/11/windows-update-via-skype-a-quick-look-at-internet-fraud/ InfoSec, Design, Etc... Wed, 09 May 2012 14:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Travis http://www.hackyeah.com/2010/11/windows-update-via-skype-a-quick-look-at-internet-fraud/#comment-434 Travis Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:33:38 +0000 http://www.hackyeah.com/?p=179#comment-434 Haha, I got the message and it said "Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection / Unexpected shutdowns" and i happened to be running one of my scripts to shutdown the computer in x minutes. I read on and, after seeing the "affected software" list all of the main os's, googled it and came to this page. Its a nice rundown, and I thank you for not letting me waste my time trying to figure out why skype knew exactly what I'm doing on my computer. =P Haha, I got the message and it said
“Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution / Virus Infection /
Unexpected shutdowns”
and i happened to be running one of my scripts to shutdown the computer in x minutes.
I read on and, after seeing the “affected software” list all of the main os’s, googled it and came to this page.
Its a nice rundown, and I thank you for not letting me waste my time trying to figure out why skype knew exactly what I’m doing on my computer. =P

]]> By: Trenton http://www.hackyeah.com/2010/11/windows-update-via-skype-a-quick-look-at-internet-fraud/#comment-385 Trenton Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:16 +0000 http://www.hackyeah.com/?p=179#comment-385 Jack, As far as I could tell, the address that I took a look at for this blog post did not have any way to take over the users computer, however, these types of attacks are constantly evolving. It is not uncommon for web templates to be sold on the black market. Once a malicious hacker buys the page, they can change it to do whatever they want, even though it looks the same as many other fraudulent sites. So, to answer your question... If you are up to date with all of your security patches, and have good anti-virus installed, then you are probably alright. Just keep an eye out for anything strange. Many spam emails will contain links with a unique ID. So, just by clicking on the link, it tells the spammers that the link is "active" and that there is a real person on the other side. If you want to keep your inbox clean, clicking on a link to a spam message is probably not a good idea (with spam, even the unsubscribe link is dangerous). Good luck, Trenton Jack,

As far as I could tell, the address that I took a look at for this blog post did not have any way to take over the users computer, however, these types of attacks are constantly evolving. It is not uncommon for web templates to be sold on the black market. Once a malicious hacker buys the page, they can change it to do whatever they want, even though it looks the same as many other fraudulent sites.

So, to answer your question…
If you are up to date with all of your security patches, and have good anti-virus installed, then you are probably alright. Just keep an eye out for anything strange.

Many spam emails will contain links with a unique ID. So, just by clicking on the link, it tells the spammers that the link is “active” and that there is a real person on the other side. If you want to keep your inbox clean, clicking on a link to a spam message is probably not a good idea (with spam, even the unsubscribe link is dangerous).

Good luck,
Trenton

]]> By: Jack http://www.hackyeah.com/2010/11/windows-update-via-skype-a-quick-look-at-internet-fraud/#comment-384 Jack Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:13:53 +0000 http://www.hackyeah.com/?p=179#comment-384 I typed in the web address after I got the message, but I quickly closed the window. Should I be worried?? I typed in the web address after I got the message, but I quickly closed the window. Should I be worried??

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