VoIP threats outlined
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) users now have their very own threat list. VoIP News, reporting on the work of a Texas research company, details the Top 5 VoIP Security Threats of 2008 and what you can do about them.
1. Denial of Services attacks on VoIP networks.
"DoS attacks can overwhelm
your company's phone lines, creating
long-term busy signals, forced call disconnects and an exhausted work
force."
2. VoIP eavesdropping.
"In June 2007, it
was learned that a hacker with a packet sniffer and VOMIT could tap
directly into VoIP calls."
3. Microsoft Office Communications Server hacks.
"Hackers love attacking
Microsoft, and Microsoft loves being unprepared."
4. Vishing (”phishing by voice„) by VoIP.
"With caller ID spoofing,
the criminals can be very difficult to track, due to rapidly
evolving criminal methodologies."
5. VoIP attacks against service providers.
"The hacker could...
[generate] up to
10,000 messages per second … equal [to] the traffic of 10 million
users."
More details on the site.
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Comments
I am looking on to ip-phones to work and this was helpfull. thx.
Posted by: Pallereoler | October 17, 2010 4:55 AM