i am sure i reset SIP password every time, but not sure I reset portal password 
every time.



Roger



On 2013-01-21, at 4:34 PM, Stéphan Monette <[email protected]> wrote:

> Or did you just asked to re-activate your account without reseting your SIP 
> passwords?
> 
> On 2013-01-21, at 4:29 PM, Roger Si <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> the account was blocked by unlimitel yesterday after it was hacked  (which 
>> was good by the way)
>> 
>> i didn't ask them to unblock it. so i don't know if the account is still 
>> hacked. 
>> 
>> to Stephan's  point, i probably should reset portal password as well.
>> 
>> 
>> but, my question is,  why always unlimitel?  I am using other ITSP, they 
>> don't have problem for last 2-3 years.
>> 
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-01-21, at 4:24 PM, Stéphan Monette <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Was your account still hacked after resetting your passwords?
>>> 
>>> On 2013-01-21, at 4:22 PM, Roger Si <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I used 3CX soft phone version 1.1.5 running on iPhone 5 on Fido's LTE 
>>>> network to make some phone calls before the account is comprised yesterday 
>>>> evening..
>>>> 
>>>> of course, I reset passwords in unlimited portal afterwards.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Roger
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2013-01-21, at 3:54 PM, Mike - QTI <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Stephan, Very good points!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also you should reverse search your IP in http://www.shodanhq.com/ . I had
>>>>> a user who did not change the admin password on their ATA and it was
>>>>> exposed to the internet. So hackers just went to the ATA web maint page,
>>>>> used the default credentials and then scrape the account information. Then
>>>>> used the account to call cell phones in Moscow. Found his IP and device in
>>>>> the Shodan Database.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Stéphan Monette
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Roger,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just to make sure I didn't left my list of userids and passwords in some
>>>>>> file with Google or somewhere else, I would first login into the web 
>>>>>> portal
>>>>>> and reset my SIP and IAX passwords.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've seen a lot of people with their Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail accounts
>>>>>> hacked without them knowing about it. Sometimes; the hackers are getting
>>>>>> the userids and passwords from the saved emails you have left in your 
>>>>>> Gmail
>>>>>> or other free email services! They usually look for bank account data, 
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> they would sell any good information to anyone willing to pay for it
>>>>>> including SIP accounts info!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In the past when I was working on the Unlimitel systems, we made sure the
>>>>>> username and passwords could not be guessed. We even stopped sending
>>>>>> passwords by email! And we would still see users having their passwords
>>>>>> stolen because they shared a Google drive (docs back then) with someone
>>>>>> else who got their google account hacked!!!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> After Primus took over, they even went an extra step by blocking any IP
>>>>>> that would fail to register a SIP account to stop hackers from guessing
>>>>>> Unlimitel SIP passwords.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The web portal is designed so that your browser do not cache any infos!
>>>>>> The passwords are not even listed in TEXT on the web portal to make sure
>>>>>> customers with some sort of virus or malware could spy on your data! So 
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> the hackers were able to make calls using your SIP credentials, this 
>>>>>> means
>>>>>> they had the right data on hand and never got blocked because they never
>>>>>> failed the SIP authentication.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So I would suggest to reset your passwords (using the web portal) and do
>>>>>> not save your passwords list anywhere on your computer or cloud storage
>>>>>> services.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That should stop them. If not, use a different tools or softphone!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2013-01-21, at 3:20 PM, Mark Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Roger,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Is there a chance the phone was compromised?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You didn't say what phone or app you were using.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Android phones seem to have a swiss cheese security model, and many apps
>>>>>> are not always as they seem.....
>>>>>>> I'm not sure the iPhones are much better.
>>>>>>> I've automatically discounted Windows phones.... :-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have a remote ATA with Unlimitel, and I haven't had such a problem....
>>>>>> yet.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> /M
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 1/21/2013 9:33 AM, Yajie wrote:
>>>>>>>> this has been pain in the ass. as soon as I make some international
>>>>>> calls
>>>>>>>> for several days, my account will be hacked, hacker made a lot of calls
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> high rate country in no time and my account will be blocked by
>>>>>> Unlimitel.
>>>>>>>> this happened at least 5 times in last two years. my friend has same
>>>>>> issue
>>>>>>>> too. interestingly, i didn't use asterisk to make calls recently, but a
>>>>>>>> SIP softphone on my cell phone. so there is no way hacker can hack
>>>>>> into my
>>>>>>>> asterisk. I know unlimtel has much restrict password rule than any 
>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>> ITSP i used. but only unlimitel got hacked every time . Do you guys 
>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>> why? or i really should abandon Unlimitel's ship? Thanks!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Roger
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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