With the growing popularity of Voice-over-IP, phone hacking continues to evolve, costing businesses billions of dollars annually in lost productivity and higher phone bills. That’s because Internet technologies, including premises and cloud voice systems, suffer from a growing list of Internet-related security vulnerabilities, offering hackers a variety of new attack vectors.
Since an IP Phone system typically shares the same data network as other IT systems, a breach of the phone system can lead to a breach of other IT systems as well. There are many variations of the attacks that can be launched against VoIP phone systems to inflict damage on businesses. Continue reading