With VoIP only becoming more popular, people who are utilizing the technology should be aware of some of the primary threats the technology will bring this year.  The scary thing is that even though these are just predictions from a security company, chances are hackers will be more and more driven to exploit these threats because of the inevitability of the growth in VoIP popularity.  Heck, it is cheaper that other telecom alternatives, so why shouldn’t businesses and consumers alike migrate to it… which is exactly what the hackers are probably thinking.

Sipera VIPER Lab today revealed its Top 5 VoIP Threat Predictions for 2008. As with its “Top 5 VoIP Vulnerabilities in 2007″ list, the Sipera VIPER team leveraged its own extensive research and examined reports to determine the VoIP/UC threats with the greatest potential impact in 2008.

Based on industry trends that include major IP telephony vendors offering SIP solutions, enterprises deploying VoIP and unified communications (UC) beyond the traditionally secure perimeter, and service providers aggressively embracing fixed mobile convergence (FMC), Sipera VIPER Lab’s Top 5 VoIP Threat Predictions for 2008 are:

1) First and foremost, as enterprises deploy SIP Trunks and UC for the mobile workspace, denial of service (DoS) and distributed DoS attacks on VoIP networks will become an increasingly important issue.

2) HTTP or other third party data services running on VoIP end-points will be exploited for eavesdropping and other attacks. [more]

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