Researchers reveal VoIP vulnerabilities
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VoIPshield Laboratories has alerted companies that market voice over IP systems of new security vulnerabilities.
The VoIP vulnerabilities, if successfully exploited, could affect brand reputation, internal productivity, and competitive advantage, researchers said.
VoIPshield does not reveal specifics about the vulnerabilities to the public, Bogdan Materna, VoIPshield Laboratories chief technology officer, told SCMagazineUS.com on Friday.
“We don't want to give hackers information to work from,” he said.
Instead, under its disclosure policy, VoIPshield works with the VoIP vendors to assist them in reproducing the vulnerabilities in their labs.
VoIPshield classifies the vulnerabilities into different categories -- remote code execution; unauthorized access; denial of service; and information harvesting – and rates them according to their severity.
It's all hype
Call me a skeptic or worse, but I don't accept there is any significant risk associated with VoIP security. Scratch the surface and you'll find the publishers of these articles are associated with or funded by the outfits that develop or sell AV software.
Fact is, few VoIP phone systems rely on Windows i.e. the number 1 conduit for malware. While it remains that way, we're relatively safe.
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