Microsoft’s two-factor security may sound like a double protection, but in reality it’s not quite so. This year’s attack has significantly grown in size and all that while users blindly believe they are protected by Microsoft’s two-factor security. Related: Well Done, Microsoft! Skype Update Will Hide Users’ IP Addressesīreached or not, Skype apparently might not be as secure as users think. Related: T9000 – the Advanced Backdoor that Captures Skype Activity
We continue to take steps to harden the login process and recommend customers update their Skype account to a Microsoft account to benefit from added protections such as two-factor authentication.”
“There is no breach of Skype security, instead we believe criminals are using username and password combinations obtained illegally to see if they exist on Skype. The compromised message quickly infected thousands of users, but according to Microsoft, breach of Skype security was not the case: The most recent such case is from August, 2016 and it involves the distribution of a weird message on Skype with a link to Baidu or LinkedIn from someone who is in the victim’s contact list. Apparently, Microsoft has been facing some challenges of integrating Skype as users have had their accounts compromised several times already since Microsoft has taken over Skype.
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