[funsec] VoIP phone bills

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

Poorly configured VoIP systems triggering enormous phone bills

http://bit.ly/c63yEx+  

Intriguing, given that many companies get into VoIP more for the cost savings 
than the extra features.  We (computer geeks) do not understand telephony.  Yet 
we are willing to roll these unknown threats into our known data network threats 
and create one giant insecurity.

And, as I keep telling people, phreaking is the one form of attack that costs you 
real money, right now.  (Even phishing only gets them the account numbers, and 
then they have to do something else to get the money.)

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