German security agency warns of VoIP security risks
John Blau writes in InfoWorld:
Germany's Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) is warning businesses of potential security risks with VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) technology in a study presented at the Systems IT exhibition and conference in Munich.
The VoIPSEC report, released on Monday at the opening of Systems, appeared one day before Skype Technologies, one of the world's largest providers of VoIP service, acknowledged critical flaws in its software and urged users to upgrade to the latest version.
In its report, BSI warns that although no spectacular attacks in the business world have been reported yet, it's only a matter of time before problems will emerge.
The report lists 19 varieties of attacks on VoIP systems. These, in turn, can lead to a number of security threats, such as identity theft, data manipulation, transmission errors and incorrect billing.
posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2005 07:24:00 AM
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