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April 30, 2005

Using Skype for a POTS Denial of Service Attack

This will be a new phenomenon in the VoIP world: phone denial-of-service attacks. Presumably they could be automated.

You know the email spam you get that says, please call this bloke in Africa to send him money to (fill in the appeal here) in the wake of (insert natural or national disaster)? Well Andrew decided to call. Using SkypeOut. Interminably. At odd hours. Tying up the con-man's phone line.

 

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Using Skype for a POTS Denial of Service Attack

Posted on April 30, 2005 02:31 PM by skype430.
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