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August 24, 2011

Hosted VoIP - Protect Your VoIP System from Fraud

By Tammy Wolf, TMCnet Web Editor


If your implemented VoIP system was exposed to fraud, would you know it? According to many experts, instances of VoIP fraud, or what is now termed “phone phreaking” in which hackers manipulate the switches and settings in a phone system, is on the rise.

 

As reported by cloud expert Jeffrey Kahn, three Australian business’ enterprise VoIP networks were recently compromised after they failed to change passwords and cap international calls. This neglect eventually led to opportunists hacking their VoIP networks and thus flushing them out of a whopping $49,200.

Because the majority of VoIP networks interface directly with a data network, a poorly designed network can expose a business to denial-of-service attacks, fraud, computer viruses, spam and eavesdropping. Luckily, there are precautionary steps businesses can take to thwart the potentially costly devastation caused by this recent VoIP plague sweeping the globe... Read More



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