Monday, September 19, 2005
future threats to VoIP
from EDUCAUSE's Edupage:
REPORT WARNS OF VOIP THREATS
A new report from security firm Symantec identifies voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology as potentially fertile ground for a wave of cybercrime, including a new variation on an old scam. Within the next
18 months, Symantec expects VoIP to become a "significant" channel for electronic mischief including audio spam, voice phishing, call hijacking, and caller-ID spoofing. Ollie Whitehouse, technical manager at Symantec's research labs, said that although few VoIP attacks have been reported so far, the company "believes it's only a matter of time before attackers target it more intensely." A technique called war-dialing, in which computers call many thousands of phone numbers looking for those that respond with data tones, could also see a reemergence with VoIP. Hackers could comb VoIP phone numbers and locate unprotected or poorly protected servers that could then be compromised.
BBC, 19 September 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4259554.stm
REPORT WARNS OF VOIP THREATS
A new report from security firm Symantec identifies voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology as potentially fertile ground for a wave of cybercrime, including a new variation on an old scam. Within the next
18 months, Symantec expects VoIP to become a "significant" channel for electronic mischief including audio spam, voice phishing, call hijacking, and caller-ID spoofing. Ollie Whitehouse, technical manager at Symantec's research labs, said that although few VoIP attacks have been reported so far, the company "believes it's only a matter of time before attackers target it more intensely." A technique called war-dialing, in which computers call many thousands of phone numbers looking for those that respond with data tones, could also see a reemergence with VoIP. Hackers could comb VoIP phone numbers and locate unprotected or poorly protected servers that could then be compromised.
BBC, 19 September 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4259554.stm
# posted by ben @ 9/19/2005 
