Chris Gilmer , Friday, January 27th, 2006

Security researchers with the Communications Research Network (CRN) said they have discovered loopholes within VoIP applications like Skype and Vonage that could allow hackers a way of covering their tracks. Attackers could hide behind VoIP because the data streams sent by these applications are continuous.

VoIP is especially useful for covering up denial of service (DoS) attacks.

Due to the proprietary software that ensures Internet phone calls cannot be blocked by ISPs or firewalls, it makes it impossible to trace the VoIP call.

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