Skype reads out BIOS data

[techpr]

The Windows version of the video and telephony software Skype reads and stores the BIOS data of a users computer. As a hacker with the pseudonym Myria reports in a blog entry, once the software is launched it saves an executable file called 1.com in the user's temporary folder. This file contains code that transmits the data found in the BIOS.

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