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VoIP hacking is a new term that strikes fear into the hearts of many residential and corporate users thinking about upgrading from their existing traditional phone network and in some cases even dissuades them from doing so.

Thankfully, although talk of VoIP hacking goes back to 2004 and earlier, there are relatively few reports of it and it certainly does not compare to the levels of malicious use seen in the days of “blue boxing” and company PBX misuse.

In essence, VoIP becomes susceptible to hacking because in transferring analogue voice data into a digital form that is carried over the internet, some security firms say this is tantamount to gaining all the risks of computer data systems such as bugs, but also worms and viruses. Hackers already have their existing tools of the trade that they have owned for years, and can simply transfer these to the world of VoIP.

Types of VoIP Hacking

There are a number of types of such malicious use, all of which can be potentially very damaging:

Audio spam is a recently increasing form of abuse – we have all become accustomed to email spam and the same mechanisms that allow for distribution of spam to millions at a minimal cost also apply to the convergence of voice and data. Companies will have to get smart and combat such spam using complex filters.

Voice phishing is likely to increase. This is a form of social engineering where the person being called is convinced to hand over sensitive and confidential information. The ability to send out mass recordings over the internet via VoIP is likely to increase this type of malicious practice.

Caller ID spoofing is where the caller is able to pretend to be someone else, probably to obtain sensitive information from the person at the end of the line. Unless VoIP systems are made secure, this will otherwise likely be an easy to perform “hack”.

Call hijacking is the interception of a call intended for a particular party and relaying it to someone else. Again, this is likely to be used in conjunction with some form of social engineering.

Sometimes a hacker may simply wish to shut down a telephone network through brute force or denial of service attacks. For some companies, such disruption of business can cost millions of dollars. A disgruntled employee, for example, may try such an attack.

Wiretapping or phone tapping can be considered to be more simple to perform on a VoIP network. Because a hacker can access the system from afar via the internet, he need not jack directly in to the local phone network. Such compromising or sensitive information can be sold on by the criminal fraternity or even espionage carried out.

Worms and trojan horses can also use spoofing to disguise themselves within a voice packet. Once behind the corporate firewalls, they can wreak havoc on a company’s business critical systems.

How To Protect Yourself From VoIP Hacking

Whilst there are a number of risks from such practises above, minimizing the risk can enable you to obtain all the advantages of lower costs and valuable services. Most large companies are now considering migration to VoIP and have mitigated the risks by using advanced encryption and placing control of such systems to only a critical few persons.

Such measures can allow you to enjoy the benefits of VoIP in a secure operating environment with business risk being minimal and insignificant.

Perhaps you are a foreign language student or teacher. Maybe you are getting in touch with your roots and you wish to watch DVD titles in the language of your grandparents. Or possibly you just like watching movies from other countries. You purchase a movie, put it into your DVD player, and receive a ‘Wrong Region’ error.

What do you do?

The popular Philips DVP642 DVD player can easily be made region-free (or ‘regionless’) with just a few clicks of the remote control. This stylish silver-grey unit is available at your local Wal-Mart and many other electronics outlets. In Canada, it can be found for under $60. Sometimes it is sold region-free right out of the box (although the packaging will state that is for a specific region only).

This Phillips product fits easily into a small space. It is approximately 10 inches deep by 17 inches wide and less than 2 inches in height. It is packaged with a user manual, quick-start guide, audio and video cables, and remote control complete with batteries.

The unit plays a wide variety of formats: Mpeg4; DivX 3.11/4.x, 5.x., and 6.x; DVD+R/+RW; VCDs; SVCDs; picture CDs; MP3-CDs; and CD-R/-RW.

Some of its features include: progressive scan, 4 x video upsampling (54 MHz), and 192 KHz/24-bit audio DAC.

The mechanical spin mechanism is whisper-quiet, picture quality is excellent, and so is the audio. An added plus: once you enter the region hack, the DVD player will automatically adjust for NTSC/PAL TV signals.

Region Hack

Set up the DVD unit using the quick-start guide.

Play a DVD title for your default region just to make sure that your machine is working properly.

Remove the DVD and power down for a few seconds.

Turn the power back on and open the DVD tray.

Wait for the NO DISC message to appear.

Open the DVD tray.

Enter the following codes carefully via remote control: 7 8 9 OK 0

(SEVEN EIGHT NINE OK ZERO)

The screen will display information showing the default region and the new one.

The ‘0′ in the numerical sequence above refers to the region. Zero is regionless, and should work with just about any DVD. If for some reason you want to limit your DVDs to another region, enter another number in place of the ‘0′. For example, to play only region 2 DVDs, you would enter: 7 8 9 OK 2.

Philips USA provides good support for their products, and offers software upgrades for future DVD enhancements at their website: philips.com/usasupport. Other users have written reviews and comments at videohelp.com – which contains region hacks for thousands of DVD players – an excellent site.

Note: entering codes via remote control will not void your warranty. A hardware hack will. Although this hack has been used by thousands of users worldwide, try it at your own risk.

Now that your DVD player is regionless, the wonderful world of foreign DVD titles is available for you to explore and enjoy!

©Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the author’s note below (with active links) are included.

Developed by Digital illusions CE as well as a Trauma Studios Battlefield 2 is the third full game installment of the Battlefield series, the first two versions were called Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam respectively. Much like half-life, Counter-strike, Team Fortress which were developed by Valve, battlefield is also a first-person shooter which uses elements of RPG (role-playing games) as well as heavy strategies.

In this third version of Battlefield includes a single player mode in which the computer is able to control up to 15 artificial enemies which will go up against the player, addition the real tears can join the action through the Internet or through a local area network (LAN) — the Internet multiplayer connection allows up to 64 players to battle against each other.

The infantry class is available or factions are:

– The United States Marine Corps’s (USMC)

– The middle east coalition (MEC)

– The People’s liberation Army (PLA)

Additional factions are available through expansion packs. Besides being released for computers it was also reduced for a standalone consoles such as the Xbox, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.

Battlefield 2 hacks:

One of the most popular and undetected hacks for this game is called BlackOmega 1.2 PE. This hack provides several features and benefits such as: nametags distance, kit icons, a 3-D map, information about the enemy mines, ASUS wall hack, a mini map, a no fog mode, unlimited assets and many others.

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