Six telecommunications companies have connected this year through the hotlines responsible disclosure 394 reports of so-called ethical hackers ingested, including 120 useful tips. That is an increase compared to 2013.
The hotline is responsible disclosure was made in October 2012 opened by KPN, T-Mobile, Tele2, UPC, Vodafone and Ziggo. Each telco has its own hotline on the website run. Via the tipline can be ‘whitehats’ tips, leave about possible security holes in systems of the telecom companies. In 2014 this resulted until now 394 notifications. About two-thirds of the reports was ultimately a false alarm, but 120 notifications were useful. In 2013, the number of useful messages still 77 for a total number of tips from 366.
A number of the 120 notifications of the ethical hackers were on and the same vulnerability. Nevertheless, say the telecom companies are pleased with the reporting, because the whitehats according to Nederland ICT ‘valuable contributions’ contribute to the security of systems provided by the six telecom operators will be used.
The hotlines for responsible disclosures let ethical hackers anonymously, if preferred notifications submit possible vulnerabilities. The participating companies promise not to report the incident of cyber crime as hackers adhere to the rules of the game. One is that the hackmethode not shared, and that the telecom companies get the chance to get the holes to be sealed. May the hackers during the investigation of a possible vulnerability does not cause any damage. Among other things, a vulnerability to business glasvezelaansluitingen of KPN last year, via a notification message detected and corrected by the provider.