I have started receiving some spoofed messages yesterday from my friends and peers on Skype leading to some doggy urls. It seems I am not the only one:
http://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Spoofed-message-from-contact/td-p/4026578<p>Some people blame new web api:
http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/93305/insert-hidden-link-in-skype<p>Apparently there is no official Microsoft statement about the issue yet, apart from the quick note from a community moderator:<p>"We can confirm continued reports from some Skype users about their accounts being used to send spam and we continue to investigating the cause.<p>Should your account be affected please ensure to change all your passwords. E.g. if you have a Skype account and a linked Microsoft account you need to change the password for both.<p>We'll provide another update tomorrow."