VoIP threats to watch out for
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- VoIP threats to watch out for
- Lottery Scam Artists Prey on Naivete
- Notes n Consumer Affairs
- FGBusiness: Beware of shares scam.
VoIP threats to watch out for
ZDNet Asia – Mar 23, 2007
Unfortunately from a security viewpoint this means that it will also be affected by all the attacks that cripple data networks even if they are not deliberately targeting voice over IP. The most significant specific threat to VoIP is denial of service (DoS) because this can bring a data network to its knees and shut down all applications running on it–including VoIP. This means your employees could be without phone service until the network is back up. The security bugs that plague data applications will also affect VoIP users. For instance security company Core Security Technologies discovered a vulnerability in the popular VoIP application Asterisk PBX which allowed hackers to create buffer overflows for a denial of service attack. Any bugs in similar apps you are using could make your network vulnerable to malicious users. SIP vulnerabilitiesThe increasing adoption of session initiation protocol (SIP) for VoIP is expected to open up a whole new front in the security war… Vishing uses telephony to glean information such as account details directly from users. ne of the first reported cases affected the phishers’ favorite target PayPal. The scam was a true multi-channel attack. Victims first received an email purporting to come from PayPal which asked them to verify their credit card details on a phone line. Those who called the number were then asked to enter their credit card number using the telephone. nce the credit card number had been entered the fraudsters were free to siphon money from their victim’s account. Scams like this are not just a danger for voice over IP users but the much lower cost of making VoIP calls will make them much more popular than they would be with standard phone systems.
Lottery Scam Artists Prey on Naivete
newsmax.com – Mar 23, 2007
In general a pigeon drop occurs when con artists trick an innocent victim into putting up so-called “good faith” money to share in a large sum of cash that one of the swindlers “just found. f course once the unsuspecting victim (the pigeon) turns over their hard earned bucks he or she realizes that the scammers are gone as is the victim’s “good faith” money. Scam artists have put a new twist on the old pigeon drop. According to the Texas Lottery Commission over the last few years innocent consumers have lost more than $3 million in this new version using bogus or altered lottery tickets. Story Continues Below… citizen to claim a lottery prize. 3 fficial state lotteries do not confirm over the telephone whether a ticket is a winner. If someone claims to validate a lottery ticket over the phone you can almost bet that the person on the telephone is part of the sting. 4 Always use extreme caution if any person tries to rush you into giving them money so that you won’t have the time to call a family member or friend for advice or help. If a person tries to get advanced money from you to claim a lottery jackpot get away from that person as soon as possible and immediately call the police. For more details check out www.
Notes n Consumer Affairs
Wave of Long Island – Wave of Long Island (subscription) – Mar 23, 2007
While many scam artists have embraced high tech devices others are relying on established technology such as the telephone to perpetrate their crimes. If you receive a call purporting to be from an official of the court explaining that you missed jury duty and need to provide personal information in order to verify your identity or provide a credit card number to pay a fine and clear up the situation hang up. Court officers do not ask for confidential information over the phone; they generally correspond with prospective jurors via mail. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations jury scams have been around for years but have seen a resurgence in recent months. These scams are bold and simple.
FGBusiness: Beware of shares scam.
Free with registration – Farmers Guardian – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 23, 2007
(23-MAR-07) Farmers Guardian. That is the advice from Cheshire chartered accountants and business advisers Howard Wo.
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