Users were today warned of a new phishing scam that is being distributed via
spam emails purporting to come from Skype.
SurfControl said that it first detected the spyware attack, which is being
sent in emails written in Turkish and claiming to be from Skype, late yesterday
(August 8).
The body of the emails encourage users to download what is claimed to be the
Skype application by clicking on an enclosed link. Upon clicking the link,
unwitting users are taken to a site that appears to be the Turkish version of
the Skype website to download the application.
The fake Skype website contains a malicious file, skypekur.exe, which when
executed, installs multiple password recovery tools that extract passwords from
IM applications, email clients, and FTP programs on an infected user’s machine.
Passwords, once extracted, are then sent back to the email’s originator,
SurfControl warned.
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