Sipera Has Warning for Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream Users
Source: www.voip-news.com
The Sipera VIPER Lab, which is operated by Sipera Systems, has a warning for Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream users - they are open to VoIP identity theft, eavesdropping. spam, and eve. denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. To educate the masses, Sipera has posted complete details on the vulnerabilities right here. Specifically in terms of Vonage, Sipera’s research points t. Vonage’s VoIP Motorola Phone Adapter (VT 2142-VD) and Vonage service implementations, which they feel leaves Vonage users open to . “registration replay attack” where hackers impersonate the victim. Ouch.
“These vulnerabilities create serious privacy and service availability issues for users,” said Krishna Kurapati, Sipera founder/CTO and head of Sipera VIPER Lab, in a recent press release. “Vonage, Globe7 and Grandstream customers can no longer assume that their VoIP providers are automatically securing their services, but they should demand best security practices be followed as a condition of becoming a customer. Sipera VIPER Lab will continue to proactively identify VoIP threats and assist VoIP providers to implement best security practices before attacks occur.”
