Skype has issued an update for all Mac users, due to security concerns in Skype version 5.x for Mac which allows a malicious user to activate code on the victim’s computer.
A security researcher said today that he found a serious hole in the Mac version of Skype and proving that it was possible to send a specific message to a user of Skype and it would crash Skype and make it unusable.
Gordon Maddern, says he discovered the vulnerability about a month ago. He was chatting on Skype to a colleague about a payload when the payload executed in the colleague's Skype client accidentally.
He created a proof of concept that can be used in an attack but is not releasing details on it until Skype fixes the issue. He could not find the vulnerability in the Skype client for Windows and Linux, he said.
37 commentaires:
lucky for them it was white hat.
haha, i only have skype for PC
Another reason not to own a mac :P
I've only a PC :)
Ive got Skype on PC :P
And mac users say macs can't have viruses...
Good thing I don't own a Mac.
I'm glad I don't have a Mac.
hey this is lucky!
Good i don't have skype...
Well, glad this guy decided to inform them of it. Great work.
But I thought mac's were the best, completely immune to crashes and viru.... HAHAHAH I can't even say it. Go go white hat hackers. Making the world a safer place.
Oh, no! Mac vulnerable? I wonder what those geniuses in shop will tell me for that!
That's just a bunch of Skype..
im so glad i use skype on my dell laptop.
The ol' mac ain't so hack-proof after all eh? :)
I laugh when mac users say theyre OS is more secure, its just because nobody cares enough to makes viruses for macs
glad i dont use skype. ever.
Damn, it would be awesome to harass some mac store employee about this.
What's with internet security lately? :S Better start getting behind proxies...
good spot
white hat hackers to the rescue!
Haha, immune to virus... yeah right
Meh, not that I would use skype that much.
Every thing seems to get hacked in todays world.
this is why macs suck
once microsoft owns skype will they discontinue mac support? :D
Yet another reason to not own a mac.
I should get an hackintosh :D
Mac owners claim their systems are more secure, right?
I'm sure many more problems will come up with MS buying them, lol.
<3 Windows :P
My friend who always has me help with pcs asked me to help fix his mac...had to tell him i hadn't touched a mac in ten years, lol
Stand-up guy, that white hat.
lucky he was a white hat or a lot of people would be pissed
Good lord. Is it fixed yet?
oh snap. i should tell my brother not to use skype
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