[VOIPSEC] Phishers Snare Victims With VoIP

[Gary_Petty]

I'm not very confortable voicing my opinion on this subject but a very
large amount of the discussion on security seems to be focused on
privacy.  It seems to me that the term privacy has come to encompass
more than just private information but what I would referr to as
annonomimity.  It is the ability to conduct activities on the internet,
rather VoIP or otherwise, anonomously that poses the greatest danger
to the average user of the internet.

The example given by Mark Sylor enphisises the danger that anonomimity
poses to privacy. 

Regards,
Gary Petty

Sylor, Mark wrote:

>You may have seen this article on how phishers directed users to call a
>fake bank automated voice response system to steal account numbers and
>PINs.
> 
>http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/186701001;jsessionid=YCQ0GPZJERHJIQ
>SNDBOCKICCJUMEKJVN
> 
>Because they used a VOIP service provider to set up their 800 number and
>Asterix to set up the voice response system this is a VOIP enabled
>security problem more than a security problem with VOIP.
>
>Still, I'm curious how this could be prevented. Is any of the VOIP
>Security work being discussed here relevant to this problem?
>
>Thanks,
>	Mark
>
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