Skype security hole

Security hole allows you to track user activity through their Skype account.

Researchers found a serious security hole that lets strangers.
using Skype account to track user activity in BitTorrent networks.
Exploit works without the consent of the victim and opens up great opportunities for fraud.
in terms of blackmail and deceit on the Internet. The researchers argue.
that while Skype is not showing interest in closing this hole.

In a new paper published a group of researchers from Europe and the United States refers to the possibility.
find out what files are downloaded Skype users in the BitTorrent network. In a paper titled,.
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they say that the exploit allows outsiders to monitor the location of Skype users.
Researchers have found a way to call Skype users without their knowledge. This means that.
hacker can call someone and find out its IP address, without being seen. This IP address can.
specify the geographic location or even a specific user BitTorrent.
Taking advantage of a vulnerability found in security, the researchers managed to ring up dozens of.
thousands of Skype users for a few hours. What aggravates the situation further is the fact that.
Skype privacy settings are not able to block these attacks. attackers can.
contact with anyone they want, regardless of whether there is a user in your contact list or not.
The researchers conducted an experiment in which tracked 400 users Skype, downloaders.
a specific file from the BitTorrent network by using publicly available data from the DHT- network.
(DHT - a protocol that allows bittorrent clients find each other without using the tracker.
Customers with support for DHT DHT- form a common network and help each other find the members of one and.
the same hands. - a comment. Trans. ).
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blackmail and deception of Internet users in general and users of p2p networks in particular, ...
says Keith Ross (Keith Ross) from the Polytechnic Institute of NYU.
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world that use VoIP and p2p networks ...
Researchers have tried to protect the privacy of individuals, which conducted the study,.
but others may not be so scrupulous. One would expect that because of the huge threat.
which is an exploit, Skype will try to close the security hole, but it is not.
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Stevens Le Blond (Stevens Le Blond).
The study authors offer several recommendations to address. This and other.
Information will be presented at the conference Internet Measurement Conference in Berlin next month.