FBI: Criminals auto-dialing with hacked VoIP systems

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"....
The FBI didn't say which versions of Asterisk were vulnerable to the bug, but it advised users to upgrade to the latest 
version of the software.
Asterisk is an open-source product that lets users turn a Linux computer into a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) 
telephone exchange.
..."

More at
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,155074/printable.html

Intelligence Note:
http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/081205-2.aspx

It appears that the latest versions are 1.4.22 and 1.6.0:
http://www.asterisk.org/node/48539

Juha-Matti
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