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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0075 SKYPE targeted by worm variant:
The latest variant of the Warezov worm spreads using a bogus Skype chat message, asking users to click on a link to a hacker-controlled web site hosting malicious codes, according to an on-line news report. The plausibility of the attack is increased because infected messages likely come from a target's list of known contacts, although the abrupt dialogue it generates might cause suspicion. Some older Warezov variants used other Instant Messaging clients in a similar fashion, but this variant (Warezov-LY) is the FIRST to use SKYPE, according to anti-virus firm F-Secure. Warezov variants first appeared in September 2006 and spread in the attachments of email messages posing as security fixes. This family of worms is notable for the rate at which new variants are being produced, and is said to be making detection and removal a big challenge for anti-virus providers.
(http://www.theregister.co.uk 28FEB07)
Last Modified: Tuesday, 13-Mar-2007 18:48:10 EST