VOMIT: Diagnostic Tool Lets Hackers Target VoIP
Date Posted: July 27, 2005 09:52 AM
Author: Mel Beckman
Voice over IP (VoIP) is now a wildly popular technology, thanks to companies like Vonage and Skype. Who doesn't want to make cheap phone calls? But along with the low-cost advantage comes a high-cost risk that many IT managers overlook: security. Unlike Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), which runs over copper wires through the phone company, VoIP travels over the insecure Internet and is thus subject to a number of unique threats.

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