Skype is adding a new default security feature primarily to protect gamers from their overheated rivals. The Microsoft-owned service recently announced it would start hiding users’ IP addresses by ...

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Hackers have found an exploit in the SkypeKit API, which allows them to reveal users external and internal IP addresses without their knowledge. Hackers have found an exploit in the SkypeKit API, ...

Skype has just made a big change to the way in which their omnipresent messaging app works, adding in a level of privacy that wasn't quite there before. Now your IP address is hidden by default, to ...

A few months ago, I warned readers that a glaring privacy weakness in voice-over-IP telephony service Skype allows anyone using the network to quickly learn the Internet address of any other Skype ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new version of the desktop Skype client that should make users of its service a little safer from denial-of-service attacks. The Skype client has long leaked IP address ...

The latest version of Skype hides the user's IP address, a feature that was requested by many users - especially gamers. Microsoft has announced that the IP address of users will now be hidden by ...

(CBS News) Skype, the voice and chat client, has reportedly become vulnerable to a patch that lets third parties learn the IP address of Skype users. Skype and its parent company Microsoft are looking ...

Earlier this week, news broke that Microsoft-owned Skype is leaking sensitive user data, including internal and external IP addresses, and TCP ports. The issue was publicly disclosed and my colleague ...

The IP security flaw faced by Skype has existed since 2010, according to the researchers who first discovered the exploit. The IP security flaw faced by Skype has existed since 2010, according to the ...

Microsoft is looking into a vulnerability that allows a third party to determine the IP address of a member using the Skype network. Last week, someone posted a an exploit of that vulnerability within ...

The move is intended to prevent online harassment in the gaming community, specifically. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart ...