New Variant of Dorkbot Targeted Skype

A report being publish that hackers distribute a worm malware to infect windows using the internet communication platform Skype. It is being stated that users may receive an instant messaging containing lol is this your new profile pic? Once you have click this link it will automatically downloaded a file containing a Trojan horse malware file. This could possibly opens a backdoor allowing hackers to hijack an infected PC’s and engage them into a “botnet army”.

The worm is a variant of Dorkbot which has been spread by social media platform such us Facebook and Twitter. This is according to Sophos the internet security specialist. When the computer is infected, it will send out automatically a message stating lol is this your new profile pic? To the contact list, this message will then appear to the recipient and undoubtedly they will click the link since they may think that this comes from a trusted source.

Skype Statement

According to Skype they are seriously taking care of their user’s experience and they are very particular when it comes to security. They said that they are aware of this situation and they are currently working on solutions. To mitigate the impact, Skype strongly recommend upgrading the application to a newer version and applying updated windows security features as well. In addition, avoid clicking links if you think that this link comes from un-trusted sources even if it comes from your contacts.

Botnets are frequently apply to mount distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, forcing websites to go offline, to run spyware or even to send out spam emails. We would like to advice users to be cautious by clicking strange looking links especially on those posted on social networking sites since we might not known that these perpetrators might change attack tactics.