voip fraud analysis
DESCRIPTION
Simon Woodhead, founder & CEO of Simwood, presenting the company's research and solutions to VoIP Fraud. Simwood is a UK based wholesale telecommunications provider. See https://www.simwood.com for more information or to get your copy of the full Simwood VoIP Fraud Analysis whitepaper, go to http://blog.simwood.com/2014/02/voip-fraud-analysis/TRANSCRIPT
Simon Woodhead Managing Director
Simwood eSMS Limited https://www.simwood.com/@simwoodesmsTel: 029 2120 2120
VoIP Fraud Analysis
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INTRODUCTION
Wholesale Voice (and fax!)
!UK Numbering
Termination UK PSTN Virtual Interconnect
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
https://www.simwood.com http://blog.simwood.com
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TOLL FRAUD & DIAL THROUGH FRAUD
$46bn ( but essentially unlimited )
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TOLL FRAUD & DIAL THROUGH FRAUD
Operator
Carrier
Wholesaler
Reseller
Retailer
Cost
Profit
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TOLL FRAUD & DIAL THROUGH FRAUD
Loss
Carrier
Wholesaler
Reseller
Retailer
OperatorCost
Profit
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TOLL FRAUD & DIAL THROUGH FRAUD
PRS Outpayment
Carrier
Wholesaler
Reseller
Retailer
OperatorCost
Profit
Outpayment
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TOLL FRAUD & DIAL THROUGH FRAUD
PRS Outpayment
Loss
Carrier
Wholesaler
Reseller
Retailer
Profit to Fraudster
OperatorCost
Profit
Outpayment
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COMMERCIAL PRESSURE
VOICE IS BECOMING A FEATURE, RATHER THAN A SERVICE
THE WISE MINIMISE RISK, RATHER THAN MAXIMISE THEORETICAL MARGIN
Billed Minute Revenue
Fraud Costs
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SIMWOOD HONEYPOT
60 minutes in the Simwood Darknet on a Sunday afternoon
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SIMWOOD HONEYPOT
http://mirror.simwood.com/honeypot
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KEY INTRUSION METHODS
SIP Scan !
Stage 1: Reconnaissance
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
OPTIONS sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0!Via: SIP/2.0/UDP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:5151;branch=z9hG4bK-4181329969;rport!Content-Length: 0!From: "sipvicious"<sip:[email protected]>; tag=6332303064323361313363340132…!Accept: application/sdp!User-Agent: friendly-scanner!To: "sipvicious"<sip:[email protected]>!Contact: sip:[email protected]:5151!CSeq: 1 OPTIONS!
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
0
450
900
1,350
1,800
2011 2012 2013
Growth in reconnaissance traffic (events by year)
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Sources of reconnaissance traffic (12 months)
Other!165
UK!56
USA!529
Germany!644
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
SIP Scan !
Stage 2: Scan
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
REGISTER sip:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX SIP/2.0!To: <sip:[email protected]>!From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=ba255b19!Via: SIP/2.0/UDP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:11184;branch=z9hG4bK-d87543-1477;rport!Call-ID: 8f60483ce717142b!CSeq: 1 REGISTER!Contact: <sip:[email protected]:11184>!Expires: 3600!Max-Forwards: 70!Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, NOTIFY, MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE…!User-Agent: eyeBeam release 3006o stamp 17551!Content-Length: 0!
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
Growth in scan traffic (events by year)
0
17,500,000
35,000,000
52,500,000
70,000,000
2011 2012 2013
7,206,750
21,855,874
66,991,700
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KEY INTRUSION METHODSSIP SCAN
Sources of scan traffic (12 months)
Republic of Korea!569,708
Thailand!2,135,810
Anonymous Proxy!2,453,447UK!
2,944,596
USA!6,194,621
Germany!47,803,899
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KEY INTRUSION METHODS
Targeted Exploit
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KEY INTRUSION METHODS
Auto-provisioning
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TRAFFICINVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0!To: 000XXXXXXXXXXXX<sip:[email protected]>!From: 1000<sip:[email protected]>;tag=1ba25ae7!Via: SIP/2.0/UDP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:5070;branch=z9hG4bK-50489a18;rport!Call-ID: 50489a186c9c2ff6adacfcc8edb55af1!CSeq: 1 INVITE!Contact: <sip:[email protected]:5070>!Max-Forwards: 70!Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, BYE.!User-Agent: sipcli/v1.8!Content-Type: application/sdp!Content-Length: 281!!v=0!o=sipcli-Session 12278792 2114349621 IN IP4 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX!s=sipcli!c=IN IP4 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX!t=0 0!m=audio 5072 RTP/AVP 0 101!a=fmtp:101 0-15!a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000!a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000!a=sendrecv.
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TRAFFIC
Growth in call traffic (events by year)
0
17,500
35,000
52,500
70,000
2011 2012 20133,035
17,241
63,353
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TRAFFIC
Sources of call traffic (12 months)
Germany!2,146Netherlands!
2,739
France!2,864
UK!3,193
Europe!4,213
USA!12,322
Palestine!28,795
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TRAFFIC
Test Traffic
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TRAFFIC
Location of test numbers (12 months)
Rest of World!2,140Palestine!
1,341
USA!2,461
UK!7,588
Israel!36,971
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TRAFFIC
25% of test traffic from 2 numbers
50% from the top 10
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TRAFFIC
Mostly ordinary ‘landline’ numbers
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TRAFFIC
Absent from commercial
feeds
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TRAFFIC
Reminder: This is Test Traffic
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TRAFFIC
The visible attack hasn’t yet
started
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TRAFFIC
Live DTF Traffic
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SOLUTIONS
No-Cost Solutions
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SOLUTIONS
Bill frequently, monitor
continuously
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SOLUTIONS
Buy with prepayment
( Where they can kill calls in progress when credit exhausted! )
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SOLUTIONS
Use a carrier with real-time billing &
CDRs
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SOLUTIONS
Use honeypot data http://mirror.simwood.com/honeypot
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SOLUTIONS
99.79% of 64m intrusions use the user agent “friendly-scanner”
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SOLUTIONS
Use TLS ( Or at least TCP )
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SOLUTIONS
Avoid auto-provisioning
( Or at least filter by user agent, rate limit and log! )
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SOLUTIONS
Monitor & control off-net
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Example 1: Value of calls in
progress
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Max cost per call
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Custom ACL
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Channel limits Overall, international, per destination number & known-hotspots
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Rate limits Overall, international, per destination number & known-hotspots
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
Automated alerts
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
API control
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SOLUTIONSMONITOR & CONTROL OFF-NET
All above features are available through
the Simwood API today
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DOES IT SCALE?
300,000 operations per
second can’t be wrong!
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Fraud is the number 1 risk to VoIP businesses.
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Manage risk not margin. Voice is
becoming a feature not a service.
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Let a competent carrier take the
strain.
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KEEP IN TOUCH
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