Friday, March 7, 2014

Skype Based Malware

That too on a Windows Domain Controller. I am happy that they found the Malware but, what was Skype doing on a Domain Controller



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May be they missed the #2  (Inventory of Authorized and Unauthorized Software) in the SANS top 2o Critical Security Controls.

SNIPPET:
A creative attacker had used a modified version of the old Skype software development kit (SDK) and turned it into a remote-access Trojan to steal corporate data.



The links below has more details:


https://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/030614-skype-malware-279474.html

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