August 8, 2007

VoIP may be vulnerable

It would appear that VoIP might not be as safe and secure as we all think, and considering the rise in users this could be a serious problem for the many users and providers too.

Testers from VoIP security consultants have been finding ways of compromising computers via VoIP software clients.

This has been demonstrated at a conference, where a laptop that had McAfee running, but still a hacker was able to create a buffer overflow, where a script can be added straight onto the laptop. This computer is now compromised and the hacker can look around, take files and other information.

If this can be done with a computer running anti virus software, then it proves that the danger is very real indeed.

Source [ZD Net]

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