Skype Vulnerability, Now Blocked, Allowed Account Hijack
A security vulnerability in Skype, in use for 2 months, allowed an attacker to hijack a Skype account if they knew the email address of the user. Skype has temporarily disabled the feature which allowed the attack.
Security blogs everywhere are reporting on a Skype vulnerability which allowed easy hijacking of an account if the attacker knew the email address of a user.
Skype temporarily disabled password resetting this morning, the feature which allowed the hijack. We advise you to log in to your account to make sure it has not been hijacked and to check your history.
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