Skype has fixed a security bug in its Skype for Windows software. The bug enabled a Skype URL to initiate transfer of a single named file to another Skype user.


Skype has fixed a security bug in its Skype for Windows software. The bug enabled a Skype URL to initiate transfer of a single named file to another Skype user.

The bug requires a user to click on the malicious link. Skype has published a bulletin about the bug and its fixes.

The announcement says:

“An official fix to the issue covered by this Security Bulletin has
been released. To implement this fix, update to one of the
following releases of Skype. (Downloading instructions are shown
in Section 4 of this Bulletin.)
Skype for Windows:
Skype 2.5, release 2.5.*.79 or later
Skype 2.0, release 2.0.*.105 or later” [Source]

For more information on the bug and Skype’s published bulletin, click here.

For more information and to download the updated Skype software, click here.

For more information on the company, visit Skype.

 

 

 

 

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