Virus attacking Video Conferencing Systems in Australia and Globally

   Why Up to date Videoconferencing Maintenance is “Mission Critical”

 

As Australia’s leading Videoconferencing company eVideo believe it is “Mission Critical” to have the latest Maintenance/Support for your videoconferencing systems because not only do you have the support ( eCare Help Desk, replacement system) BUT along with the maintenance contract the most important is the ongoing Software upgrades. Late last year we had various Viruses that were attacking videoconferencing systems throughout Australia and Globally.

The Viruses named as Shellshock, Heartbleed, & Poodle were causing serious software vulnerability with privacy modes and other system changes on Videoconferencing systems.

eVideo advised that the bug/viruses could be exploited to compromise millions of servers and other devices (Videoconferencing) worldwide.

We still do not know how wide and costly the problem was, but we already know that Shellshock is more serious than the Heartbleed vulnerability that received wide attention back in April.

Shellshock allows an attacker much more power. They can use it to take complete control of a system even without having a username and password. Exploitation of the vulnerability is simple and doesn’t require advanced skills.

One of eVideo’s videoconferencing vendors have taken a forward position in releasing its latest software which included a patch for the Shellshock Vulnerability as well as a vulnerability known as Poodle.

eVideo warned all of its customers that it is important to have the most up to date software on their Videoconferencing systems together with a managed service maintenance contract to protect against these bugs/viruses now and in the future.