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A university student presenting at the Amphion Forum has demonstrated turning a Cisco VoIP phone into a listening device, even when it’s on the hook. According to Dark Reading, the vulnerability demands a fairly extensive reconfiguration of the phone. This, at least, means the attacker needs greater sophistication than …

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  1. M Gale

    Thankfully, ReVuln didn't find this one first or we'd all be getting told something like "we can hack Cisco phones.. who wants to pay us for the details?"

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Give that kid a job

    He clearly knows what he is doing. Which puts him in front of 99% of technical professionals I've ever met.

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  3. Captain Scarlet

    Another prospect for Q

    Nope still want the old Q, ethernet cables are no match for the lasers and explosions

    Note: Don't you dare think of hacking my phone, I'll bore you to death.

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