Top Five VoIP IP Telephony Vulnerabilities According To Sipera Viper Lab
Sipera VIPER Lab determined the Top 5 VoIP Vulnerabilities for 2007 were:
1) Remote eavesdropping of VoIP phone calls, a practice that is exponentially easier in VoIP than with traditional PSTN telephone networks, and which represents a major breach of enterprise communications and security.
2) VoIP Hopping, one of the enablers of remote eavesdropping, but more critically compromises VLANs, that were previously trusted as providing VoIP security, by enabling a PC to mimic an IP phone so hackers can access VoIP systems.
3) Vishing, the practice of VoIP phishing, which enables hackers to spoof caller ID and present a fraudulent phone identity, causing some consumers to share sensitive, personal information, such as credit card numbers, with hackers masquerading as banking representatives.
4) Toll fraud, which allows unauthorized users to access enterprise VoIP networks and make calls, increasing VoIP costs and traffic. While there was a much publicized case in 2006, when the FBI charged two men with accessing VoIP networks and reselling minutes to unsuspecting "customers," toll fraud continues unabated, especially on VoIP networks with little authentication or call analysis.
5) The Skype worm, originally known as the w32/Ramex.A virus, spread via IM, which automatically stops access to security tools while it downloads to infected PCs, and changes the Skype user's status to "Do not disturb" so that other users cannot contact the infected user.
Sipera VIPER Lab is comprised of experienced VoIP security researchers operating globally 24/7/365. Since its inception in 2003, Sipera VIPER Lab has identified thousands of vulnerabilities and security threats which include fuzzing, floods and distributed floods, spoofing, stealth attacks and spam. VIPER Lab research is used to continuously improve the Sipera IPCS products that protect, control and enable real-time unified communications for enterprises and service providers. For Sipera VIPER Lab blog, Threat Advisories and RSS feeds, please visit http://www.sipera.com/viper.
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