Phone system hacking has been going on for decades and is still a big problem. We have been called to help solve many cases in recent years. Make sure your telecom provider is aware of the security vulnerabilities of your systems and how they can protect against hacking. Particularly vulnerable are auto-attendant features, […]
Unknown to many is that office phone systems have a similar "feature" to the notorious Apple FaceTime bug. "Auto-answer" features can allow incoming calls to any extension to be automatically answered and microphones turned on without the target user taking any action, leaving the phone on hook, and not even knowing it had happened.
Former Lake Station mayor had secretly recorded approximately 425,000 calls between Oct. 12, 2011, and Aug. 13, 2015, and continued the activity even after being released on bond as his federal corruption cases were pending. An audit of your phone system operations can help reveal potential misuse such as this. Almost all telecom systems in use today have features that can allow various forms of eavesdropping to take place.
Whether you are a journalist worried about government control, or anyone with confidential conversations, their idea could help protect your phone. Edward Snowden expressed the concern that sophisticated malware could control your phone to make it transmit information when you are not aware, even […]
by Charles Patterson
The introduction of voice recognition to numerous devices and phone apps adds a new security element to consider. Google Now (“OK Google”), Siri, Cortana, and the Amazon Echo are working their way into our lives. Can voice control be surreptitiously used for […]
Researchers in France have found that by beaming radio waves at the headset wire attached to a smart phone, they can modulate the radio waves to cause the signals in the headset wires to interpret it as voice, thus triggering the voice commands of Siri or Google Now services.
A lot of things have to be right […]
Phone system and voicemail hacking have been going on ever since they were invented it seems. Recent attacks, though, show a new level of complexity and severity.
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In the 80’s hackers would get hold of DISA numbers (Direct Inward System Access- numbers that were often used to allow remote workers make long distance calls on a company’s phone account). These […]
A recent article in the NY Times caught the attention of some of our clients. It documented an architectural firm in Norcross, Georgia, that had their phone system hacked, resulting in a phone bill for $166,000 over just one weekend.
In past ExecSecurity posts we have discussed a few methods used by hackers for compromising […]
There are a number of reasons to try to keep your voicemail secure. The most significant may be to prevent theft of information. Celebrities and politicians could be the most obvious targets, the escapades of reporters working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World are testament to this (see Hack Attack). Business leaders and decision […]
“Calls may be monitored for quality assurance…” but also for other reasons such as legal documentation or emergency services and 911 calls. Call recordings can exist for a number of legitimate purposes, using a variety of means and equipment. Not many use actual tape anymore, it […]