Popular Open Source VoIP Software Vulnerable to Attacks
Posted By AVAD Technologies Business Editor on 2009-28-10
IDG News Service - Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.
In recent weeks, they have hacked into dozens of Open-Source Premise Based VoIP telephone systems across the country, using them as a way to contact unsuspecting bank customers and trick them into divulging their bank account numbers and passwords.
Attacks on Premises based open source VoIP systems built on the Asterisk have been targets of attacks for the past year.
