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”
Episode
01 September 2017 Official episode · Official transcript
cybercrime
The episode examines PBX hacking and toll fraud, including abuse of voicemail call forwarding and insecure internet-connected PBX systems, and discusses the investigation and arrests of Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin.
Topics: PBX hacking and telephone toll fraud, Private Branch Exchange security, Voice over IP systems, VoIP vulnerabilities, Remote voicemail access, Default voicemail PIN guessing, Call forwarding abuse, Internet-exposed PBX systems, Robo-dialing, Fraudulent international calling, Telephone billing and liability, Cross-border cybercrime investigation
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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 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.”
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.”
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.”
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”
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”
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.”
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”
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