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BT denies VoIP hijacking vulnerability claims
BT has hit back at claims that its wireless routers are still vulnerable to voice over IP (VoIP) hijacking by criminals.
In October last year, a group of 'ethical hackers' publicly brought to light an open back door which could be entered by fraudsters who could then control a router remotely and potentially steal a users pass key.
According to a new report, the problem still exists, with criminals able to reroute users to premium-price VoIP lines without their knowledge due to a flaw with the Home Hub software.
However, the telecommunications company has denied such claims, arguing that, since the latest version of its technology was rolled out in December, this back door has been closed.
There is now "no risk whatsoever of any 'VoIP hijacking' in relation to the Home Hub - we closed this theoretical exploit about three firmware upgrades ago and the purported exploit doesn't work on the latest version" a spokesman for the company told The Register.
Earlier this month, research complied by Data Integration found that three in five UK companies currently use VoIP for spoken communications.
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