The venerable IM is vulnerable. SecuObs.com reports that popular instant messenger ICQ ("I seek you"), version 6.5 is vulnerable to HTML-injection attack. What does this mean? The incoming message window in the vulnerable ICQ client works like a mini web browser. An attacker can try to … [Read more...]
Introduction to ICQ
ICQ (pronounced "I seek you") is the grand-daddy of all instant messaging programs. Yep... Long before MSN or Yahoo, there was ICQ. It may not have been pretty, but if you wanted instant messaging, that's what you probably used. ICQ has grown over the years and claims over 100 million users … [Read more...]