Expert Unveils 'Scary' VoIP Hack

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 23, 2007 @03:11AM from the keep-it-close-to-your-chest dept.

Kurtz'sKompund passed us a link to a Techworld article on a frightening new vulnerability for VoIP. The UK's Peter Cox has put together a proof-of-concept software package to illustrate the flaw, a program he's calling SIPtap. "The software is able to monitor multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, listening in and recording them for remote inspection as .wav files. All that the criminal would need would be to infect a single PC inside the network with a Trojan incorporating these functions, although the hack would work at ISP level as well. The program can index 'IP-tapped' calls by caller - using SIP identity information - and by recipient, and even by date."

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Wow by telchine · 2007-11-23 03:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The german police will be pleased!
1. Re:Wow by Evan+Meakyl · 2007-11-23 03:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Maybe the beginning of a new /. meme... congratulations!
Re:Holy hyperbole, Batman! by Inda · 2007-11-23 03:36 · Score: 4, Funny

I put a handkerchief over the mouth piece on the phone. I sometimes lower my voice to a whisper. Simple solutions beat all technology.

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