VoIP may be vulnerable to barrage of threats

[mandy]

Is enterprise VoIP (voice over IP) due for a security wakeup call or are the threats mostly exaggerated? It depends on who’s talking.

.. theoretically, at least, VoIP systems are as vulnerable to attack as other data applications. The list of potential threats is staggering and includes DoS attacks, viruses, worms, Trojans, packet sniffing, spam, and phishing. Spam? If you remember the dark days before do-not-call lists, imagine the potential of SPIT (spam over Internet telephony). “If I want to send 100 calls, I have to dial 100 times or use an autodialer,” says Andrew Graydon, vice president of technology at BorderWare (Profile, Products, Articles) Technolgies. “But with an IP connection, I could upload a WAV file to a computer in the Bahamas, press a button, and send it to 2,000 employees.

full article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/1...sec_1.html