Crooks Deliver Call Blizzards Via a Bug in Asterisk

[ Thanks to sakgarg for this link. ]

"The FBI has warned users of Asterisk to upgrade to the most current version, although it has not specified which version has the bug.

"Asterisk is one of the more mature open source VoIP platforms, and its parent company Digium has continued to develop commercial success even as it has improved its open source offering, as we wrote about here. Quite a few businesses use older versions of Asterisk, though, and that's the problem according to this advisory from the FBI:"

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