Asterisk Hacking

by Ben Jackson, Champ Clark

Asterisk Hacking provides detials of techniques people may not be aware of. It teaches the secrets the bad guys already know about stealing personal information through the most common, seemingly innocuous, highway into computer the phone system.

This book provides detials to readers what they can do to protect themselves, their families, their clients, and their network from this invisible threat. Power tips show how to make the most out of the phone system for defense or attack.

Contains original code to perform previously unthought of tasks like changing caller id, narrowing a phone number down to a specific geographic location, and more! See through the eyes of the attacker and learn WHY they are motivated, something not touched upon in most other titles.

275 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2007

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

AKA Black Ratchet
Ben Jackson is a jack of all trades computer guy from New Bedford, MA.

Reviews

[Andre Gil · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a good book but only talks about hacking in two chapters. Was expecting more on that topic.

[Stacy · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book might be a bit too advanced for me. Still trying to understand IP telephony and get my IP-PBX "Watson" up and working.

I think I'm going to focus more on FreePBX and "PBX in a Flash" studying. This book is a bit too low level for my current skills & interests. Additionally, lots of good resources & PDF's are available online, and the topic is changing so much.

[Ben Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amazing book! Mainly because I wrote half of it.