![]() To be clear, this application does not encrypt anything. When you click "Encrypt," the application launches a message asking you to please wait while it encrypts your connection, shown in the screenshot below. ![]() Launching the application produces a window that gives you the option to "Encrypt" or "DeCrypt," shown in the screenshot below. This week, EFF has found an almost identical website located at, shown in the screenshot below.Ĭlicking "download" downloads the fake Skype encryption application, called "Skype Encryption v2.1," shown in the screenshot below. Last week, TrendMicro's Malware Blog described a website which purportedly offered Skype encryption software, but was actually a Trojan that installed DarkComet 3.3, a remote administration tool that allows an attacker to capture webcam activity, disable the notification setting for certain antivirus programs, record key strokes, steal passwords, and more-and sends that sensitive information to an address in Syrian IP space. ![]() Since the beginning of the year, Syrian opposition activists have been targeted using several Trojans, which covertly install spying software onto the infected computer, as well as a multitude of YouTube and Facebook login credentials. ![]() The campaign of attacks targeting Syrian opposition activists on the Internet has taken a new turn.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |