Understandably, in case the victim goes to the ICQ website alternatively the ICQ client and views the cyber-criminal's or hacker's profile, there'll take place an execution of the implanted malicious JavaScript available from the server hosting ICQ. The H Security published this in news on July 27, 2011.
Kayan lately uncovered one same kind of vulnerability inside the Skype client. Moreover, the researcher says that ICQ does not verify website members' profiles properly and even does not evaluate status messages that users can chose without restrictions, adequately for examining if they carry malware. Levent Kayan, security researcher is cautioning that there are vulnerabilities in both the ICQ Internet site and the ICQ IM (instant messenger) pertaining to Windows, which can let hackers compromise the ICQ account of any end-user, thus published ESecurity Planat in news on July 28, 2011.
Account Compromise with Vulnerabilities in ICQ Website and ICQ Instant Messenger
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