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Here Come Malicious VoIP Hackers
from the time-to-worry? dept
We've already written about VoIP spam, but now some are getting worried about the potential for VoIP hacking. While phreaking certainly isn't a new pastime, by putting voice packets on an IP-based network, the hacking is much easier -- whether it's something as simple as knocking out the phone system with a virus or effectively wiretapping an entire company's phone system. Of course, the article doesn't provide too many examples, and (in part) seems like a paid advertisement for a company that claims to have some solutions to secure corporate VoIP offerings. The potential for a problem is clearly there, and some tools appear to be in place as well, but it certainly doesn't seem like a widespread issue at this point.
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The Internet Regulatory Commission
Once VoIP becomes the norm of voice communication, all the social responsibilities of telephony will migrate over to it, and the internet will become just as regulated.
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My conversation in Skype is tapped! Help!
Mike,
I am using Skype talking to my friend. And, I am sure that my conversation is tapped. Why? How can they do that? How do I know a hacker is tapping my conversation and the hacker's IP adress? Does anyway to protect my computer from hacking?
Leo
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