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More VoIP threats
This summer's security conferences yielded a new crop of tools for exploiting VoIP protocols.

Exploit: H.323 attacks IAX attacks INTERSTATE Fuzzer RTP Steganography
Description: These take advantages of weaknesses in H.323 authentication, enable endpoint spoofing and a variety DoS attacks triggered by UDP packets. These include dictionary attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks and DoS attacks that can break Asterisk PBXs. A tool to detect security vulnerabilities in SIP-based VoIP phones. Creates covert channels within real time protocol that support data transfers.