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Reviewed by 0x000216 on Monday, February 19, 2018 Rating: 5

[SkypeLogView] Skype Log Viewer (.dbb and main.db files)

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SkypeLogView reads the log files created by Skype application, and displays the details of incoming/outgoing calls, chat messages, and file transfers made by the specified Skype account. You can select one or more items from the logs list, and then copy them to the clipboard, or export them into text/html/csv/xml file.

System Requirements

This utility works on any version of Windows starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 8. You don't have to install Skype in order to use this utility. You only need the original log files created by skype, even if they are on an external drive.

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[SkypeLogView] Skype Log Viewer (.dbb and main.db files)

Reviewed by 0x000216 on Saturday, March 15, 2014 Rating: 5

New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims machines.

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New Skype Malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims machines.

A new piece of malware propagating across Skype has been discovered that tries to convince the recipient to click on a link. What makes this particular threat different is that it drops a Bitcoin miner application to make the malware author money.

Security Lab Kaspersky discovered the threat, which it names Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt, on Thursday night. At the time, most of the potential victims were from Italy, Russia, Poland, Costa Rica, Spain, Germany, and Ukraine, with the average clicking rate hitting 2,000 clicks per hour.

The initial trojan is downloaded from a server located in India, and many anti-malware programs as measured by VirusTotal don’t detect it. Once the machine is infected, the trojan drops multiple other pieces of malware, using Hotfile to grab the bits and also connecting to a server located in Germany for further instructions. Its quit cleverly coded but there is one really huge bug in code that it slow down computer by using whole CUP.

To avoid this threat and others like it, don’t click on random links you receive on Skype. You’ll be doing yourself a favor, helping stop the spread of malware, and ensuring criminals get a smaller pay day.

Reference : Link

New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims machines.

Reviewed by 0x000216 on Friday, April 05, 2013 Rating: 5

[Account Killer] Elimina tu perfil de diversos Redes Sociales de forma Rápida y Sencilla

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Account Killer es un sitio web que recopila información sobre cómo borrar nuestro perfil de un montón de sitios y servicios diferentes y nos lo muestra en sencillos pasos.

Account Killer nos evitará tener que buscar el dichoso procedimiento a seguir para cancelar o cerrar nuestra cuenta en tal o cual servicio (además esos propios servicios se afanan en ocultarlo) mostrándonos información sobre el procedimiento de cancelación de cuenta de más de 500 páginas Web como Messenger, Twitter, Facebook o Google, clasificándolas además en tres diferentes categorías dependiendo de la dificultad de borrado de la cuenta: blanco (fácil de eliminar), gris (algo más complicado) y negro (complicado de eliminar).

Lo mejor de todo es que dentro de las instrucciones de cada servicio Web encontramos el enlace para acceder directamente a la eliminación de nuestra cuenta en ese servicio en concreto. De esta forma eliminar nuestra cuenta de una vez por todas de ese servicio ya no será un quebradero de cabeza, sino que se convertirá en una tarea sencilla y sin complicaciones de ningún tipo.

Parece una tontería, pero servicios como éste contribuyen enormemente a facilitar la vida a los usuarios menos expertos (que son una amplia mayoría).

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[Account Killer] Elimina tu perfil de diversos Redes Sociales de forma Rápida y Sencilla

Reviewed by 0x000216 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Rating: 5

Skype 4.0 for Linux + SlackBuild Script

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Skype has finally updated their Skype client for Linux after sticking with their version 2 for so many years. They bumped the version to 4 and it has a codename Four Rooms for Improvement. Four new features that are highlight to this version are:

A new Conversations View where users can easily track all of their chats in a unified window
A brand new Call View
Improvement on Call quality
Improvement on video call quality and also extended support for more cameras

Of course, they have other small improvements and fixes. Some of them are worthy to mention:

improved chat synchronization
new presence and emoticon icons
the ability to store and view phone numbers in a Skype contact's profile
much lower chance Skype for Linux will crash or freeze
chat history loading is now much faster
support for two new languages: Czech (flag:cz) and Norwegian (flag:no)

Note, the very first time you start Skype for Linux 4.0 might take a few minutes (depending on how lengthy your chat history is). Please do not close Skype during this time. Subsequent starts will load much more quickly.

Go get Skype for Linux, but there are no static release anymore on the download page. They only provide packages for several distribution, such as Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Fedora.

Don't worry, as the static and shared binary packages are still available if you know the direct link and thanks to ArchLinux team, we know the URL links now. They are available on here and here (static).

I have a Skype SlackBuild script ready at my SlackHacks repository. I updated the original SlackBuild on SBo project to reflect the changes upstream.

Note: Skype 4 requires libtiff-4.0.x which is now available on my SlackHacks repository. It's an upgraded version from -Current packages which is still at 3.9.6. I have also updated the README to add this note.

Skype 4.0 for Linux + SlackBuild Script

Reviewed by 0x000216 on Thursday, June 14, 2012 Rating: 5

Skype App For Android Gets Update For Security Flaw

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Last week when I started Skype app in my android phone, It denied logging in & come up with a security message that said “Skype android app is facing security Bug , So backup your data ASAP.” So, I started digging in to the issue and found out that this unsecured app was their from October 2010 in the Android marketplace.

What exactly was the security flaw?

Skype app was storing a data in to unsecured & unencrypted format. And any other app can access data from that android phone. Personal data that includes all contacts, messages, Chat data, call histories & even your Skype credit. It was like everything inside Skype was pretty vulnerable.
AndroidPolice.com has first noticed this issue & tried to access the data from other app & they succeeded the attempt. Instantly they wrote a blog post saying Skype is facing serious security issue. It spread all over web instantly & Skype said they will work on it ASAP.

Security Update for Skype App is Now Available For Downloading

They worked out pretty faster & last day they released this security update for android app. Now company stated on blog that the user personal data is well secured & requested to download the android app only form the android marketplace or Skype official website.

Security bugs in apps for android & iPhone are not new these days as before some days Pandora app was also affected by some kind of bug that exposes user data. So, keep your all apps updated, specially on android smartphones. Because Andorid OS not as stable as iOS offered by Apple.

About The Author

Amol Wagh is an Ethical hacker and a Security expert, He blogs at his blog The Hackersenigma where he writes related to Hacking and security stuff