Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: No Alias Found

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This Trojan uses social engineering methods to lure users into performing certain actions that may, directly or indirectly, cause malicious routines to be performed. Specifically, it intercepts communication in Skye application.

To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Threat Diagram shown below:

Malware Overview

This Trojan is an open-source application that can be downloaded from a certain website.

It is capable of intercepting Skype traffic by patching a call in certain APIs.

This Trojan is intended as a proof-of-concept (POC) program but its code, which is now freely available, can be modified so that the information obtained from the Skype network are saved as audio files, such as .mp3s, and sent to a remote computer.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Aug. 28, 2009 2:48:18 AM GMT -0800

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