December 27, 2006
Skype Trojan Attack?
Who woulda thunk it? Skype recently suffered from a Trojan horse attack in the Chat mode, which on some computers tried to get users to download an sp.exe file. Apparently, the Yahoo Messenger IM had a Trojan virus as well.
These events show that certain types of VoIP service are susceptible to some form of attacks. Now security experts have been saying that things will be worse in 2007. This is on top of vishing attacks, which are expected to grow. Add to this the fact that e-911 is being mandated of VoIP providers in the US by the FCC. This could be yet another advantage for pure play VoIP services such as Vonage.
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