2008 - the year VoIP gets hacked?
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The drawbacks of IP everywhere With VoIP rapidly becoming a commodity feature in everything from TV set-top boxes to barcode scanners, Sipera's VIPER Lab predicts that 2008 will be the year it all goes pear-shaped - a prediction borne out by Cisco's first security fix of the year.â¦
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From a major international hacking incident to XP's non-retirement, the IDG News Service's Nancy Weil predicts the big stories of 2008.
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Big brother is listening Compliant Voice has received Vodafone Certification for its voice-recording application, which can catch calls made from mobiles and commit them to the memory of an intercepting server.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - The honeymoon ended early for Microsoft's Vista operating system, after word spread Wednesday about a flaw that could allow remote attackers to take advantage of the new operating system's speech recognition feature. Microsoft researchers are investigating the reports of a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use the speech recognition feature to run malicious programs on Vista systems using prerecorded verbal commands, the company said in an e-mail statement. The potential security hole was discovered after an online discussion prompted blogger George Ou to try out a speech-based hack. Ou reported on ZD Net on Tuesday that he was able to access the Vista Start menu and, conceivably, run programs using voice commands played over the system's speakers. The speech recognition flaw is novel and notable for being the first publicized hole in the new operating system since the public launch of Vista on Tuesday. The impact of the flaw, however, is expected to be small. Vista users would need to have the speech recognition feature enabled and have a microphone and speakers connected to their system. Successful attackers would need to be physically present at the machine, or figure out a way to trick the computer's owner to download and play an audio recording of the malicious commands. Even then, the commands would somehow have to be issued without attracting the attention of the computer's owner. Finally, attackersâ commands are limited to the access rights of the logged on user, which may prevent access to any administrative commands, Microsoft said in a statement. Microsoft recommends that users who are concerned about having their computer shout-hacked disable the speaker or microphone, turn off the speech recognition feature, or shut down Windows Media Player if they encounter a file that tries to execute voice commands on their system. Customers who believe they have been shout-hacked can contact Microsoft Product Support Services, the company said.
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Opinion: SIPphone&#39;s one good point is that Vonage-only router/terminal adapters must say Vonage on the boxâand Vonage seems to be hurrying to do that consistently.
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Deploys new VoIP prefix, then steps back
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11/22/2004. Using your computer and Internet connection to make local and long distance calls has been getting a lot of attention lately.
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Skype expert Michael Gough examines the top five security misconceptions about the free peer-to-peer VoIP/IM application.
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A sophisticated hacking scheme seen early last year appears to be affecting an increasing number of Web servers.
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bulk messages clogging instant-messaging accounts. AOL and its Anti-Spam Alliance partners -- EarthLink, Microsoft, and Yahoo
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Servers that managed global internet traffic have been subjected to a concerted attack by hackers.
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Established VoIP portal www.voipaction.com  is for sale. Launched in September 2004, VoIPAction receives thousands  of targeted visitors every month from a business, consumer and industry  VoIP audience.
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Voice over IP holds a lot of promise. To its boosters, VoIP is an obvious way to save money by routing phone calls over the same internal network that carries your data traffic. But IT managers have to tread carefully: VoIP technology can bite back in many ways, ranging from network slowdowns interfering with calls, to new staff and security requirements. Read this report to learn about these issues as well as best practices to help get your own VoIP initiative off the ground.
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They are slick and gaining popularity, but voice over internet protocol and AJAX have some big security problems that will probably get worse before they get better. Quinn Norton reports from San Diego.
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Voice over Internet Protocol may be about to enter your living room.
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(InfoWorld) - Banks and other companies switching their phone systems to VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) are making themselves vulnerable to phishing attacks for which there are currently no effective detection or prevention tools, a security researcher warned Wednesday. "People will be able to penetrate bank networks and hijack their phone lines," said an independent security researcher, known by his pseudonym The Grugq, in an interview. VOIP is becoming increasingly common as companies and operators look to the technology to help cut costs, which makes them moreÂ vulnerable to attack, he said. The Groqg, who spoke this week at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, saidÂ VOIP phishing attacksÂ will emerge by the end of this year. The attacks will allow hackers to steal personal data, including credit card numbers and bank account information, and there is little security managers can do to stop them. "Theoretically, you phone up your bank and the customer service line has been taken over by hackers," The Grugq said. In this scenario, the customer would be asked by the hacker to enter personal banking information before being passed on to an actual bank customer-service representative. "There's no security technology out there that companies can deploy to fix this," The Grugq said, noting that existing intrusion-detection systems are not capable of detecting when a VOIP attack takes place. During his presentation at HITB, The Groqg announced the release of alpha code for SIPhallis, a tool he wrote that allows security managers to manage SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) VOIP packets on their networks. "It gives you an interface to create and send VOIP packets; it also allows monitoring of VOIP packets," he said, adding the application can also be used to inject packets into a VOIP stream. Existing softphone or PBX software is all that is required for hackers to launch a VOIP attack, The Grugq said. HITB runs through Thursday, Sept. 21.
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An invitation to chat by Webcam could come with malicious code.