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PBX misconfiguration AFFECTS Private Branch Exchange
An insecure or improperly configured PBX allows anyone who knows its IP address to originate calls from the office.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“Anyone who knows the IP address of an insecure PBX can make phone calls that originate from that office.”
VoIP vulnerabilities AFFECTS Voice over IP
Paul Byrne attributes the rise in toll fraud primarily to vulnerabilities around VoIP.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Paul Byrne EP 1 Details
“it’s primarily due to the vulnerabilities around VOIPs.”
Farhan Arshad DISCOVERED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation
Patterns in PBX-hacking call data led the FBI to Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“patterns began emerging which eventually led them to two men. Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.”
Noor Aziz Uddin DISCOVERED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation
Patterns in PBX-hacking call data led the FBI to Noor Aziz Uddin and Farhan Arshad.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“patterns began emerging which eventually led them to two men. Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.”
Paul Byrne MEMBER_OF UC Defence
Paul Byrne says he works for UC Defence and founded the company.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Paul Byrne EP 1 Details
“I work for a company called UC Defence which I founded”
Mir Mazhar Jabbar MEMBER_OF Federal Investigation Agency
Mir Mazhar Jabbar is identified as the Chief Security Officer of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“The Chief Security Officer of the FIA is Mir Mazhar Jabbar”
Federal Bureau of Investigation MENTIONS Cyber’s Most Wanted
The FBI is described as publishing a Cyber's Most Wanted list.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“the FBI also puts out a Cyber’s Most Wanted list”
PBX hacking SAME_AS Toll fraud
Paul Byrne describes toll fraud as otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Paul Byrne EP 1 Details
“the crime of toll fraud or otherwise commonly known as PBX hacking”
PBX hacking USES Call forwarding abuse
After accessing voicemail, the hacker changes the permanent forwarding number to a pay-per-minute line.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“The hacker sets the call forwarding number to be the number of their pay-per-minute line.”
PBX hacking USES Robo-dialer
PBX hackers use robo-dialers to place hundreds or thousands of calls.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“They use robo-dialers, dialing hundreds of times a day or thousands of times in a weekend.”
Farhan Arshad USES PBX hacking
Farhan Arshad is identified as one of the two hackers arrested for PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“These two men were arrested for PBX hacking”
Noor Aziz Uddin USES PBX hacking
Noor Aziz Uddin is identified as one of the two hackers arrested for PBX hacking.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“These two men were arrested for PBX hacking”
PBX hacking USES Voicemail PIN guessing
One PBX-hacking method involves remotely accessing voicemail and trying the last four digits of the phone number as the default PIN.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 1 Details
“The hacker will first try the last four digits of the phone number.”
VTech ASSOCIATED_WITH Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
The FTC found VTech had violated COPPA; VTech agreed to pay the fine while stating it had not violated any laws.
Attributed Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“the FTC did find VTech to have violated COPPA laws.”
“VTech agreed to pay the $650,000 fine imposed by the FTC but they also issued a press release saying they haven’t violated any laws.”
VTech ASSOCIATED_WITH Hong Kong
VTech is described as a company based in Hong Kong.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“VTech is a company based in Hong Kong”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case COMPROMISES planetvtech.com
planetvtech.com was one of the vulnerable VTech websites taken offline after the breach.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“But they did take down the following websites: planetvtech.com, vsmilelink.com, and sleepybearlullabytime.com.”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case COMPROMISES sleepybearlullabytime.com
sleepybearlullabytime.com was taken offline after the breach.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“they did take down the following websites: planetvtech.com, vsmilelink.com, and sleepybearlullabytime.com.”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case COMPROMISES vsmilelink.com
vsmilelink.com was taken offline after the breach.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“they did take down the following websites: planetvtech.com, vsmilelink.com, and sleepybearlullabytime.com.”
Kid Connect DEVELOPED_BY VTech
VTech created Kid Connect to connect a parent’s phone to a child’s tablet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“The technology VTech created that connects a parent’s phone to a kid’s tablet is called Kid Connect.”
The Learning Lodge DEVELOPED_BY VTech
VTech created The Learning Lodge as its own app store.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“VTech also created its own app store called The Learning Lodge”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case DISCOVERED_BY FireEye
FireEye was hired for incident response and found and resolved security issues after the breach.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“VTech hired a security firm called FireEye to help with incident response. FireEye was able to find the security issues and resolve them.”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA SQL injection
The hacker initially gained access by exploiting SQL injection in planetvtech.com.
Derived Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“he found it was vulnerable to SQL injection”
“this hacker ran a script against planetvtech.com which attempted to exploit SQL. To his surprise, it worked. He had shell access to the website.”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case INVOLVES MD5
The compromised database stored passwords as basic unsalted MD5 hashes rather than securely encrypted passwords.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“the passwords were stored using a basic unsalted MD5 hash”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case INVOLVES root access
After obtaining shell access, the hacker obtained root access to the website.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“A few keystrokes later, he then had root access.”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case INVOLVES lateral movement
The hacker moved from the web server to other servers on the VTech network, including database servers.
Derived Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 2 Details
“He saw numerous other servers on the VTech network, including a database server. He was able to hop into the database”