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Humbug Integrates Fraud Prevention, Detection and Analytics Into Elastix Open Source ProjectAug 29, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Humbug Telecom Labs announced the integration of Humbug carrier-class analytics, fraud detection and prevention into the Elastix open source project. "With Humbug Analytics, Elastix users can have detailed traffic reports and real time fraud alerts," said Edgar Landivar, CEO of Elastix, in a release. "It is a very handy tool that is currently being used by IP PBX administrators around the globe; many of them have downloaded it free from our Elastix MarketPlace." "The sheer numbers of open source telephony developers and resources available to these communities make phone systems an easy target for hackers and phreakers," said Yaniv Rofe, CEO of Humbug Telecom Labs. "Open source phone systems are typically used at smaller businesses that don't realize that they eventually will be targeted. No phone system, particularly those that integrate other forms of communication should be left unprotected. Every business will learn this over the next few years. Hopefully it won't be learned the hard way." Elastix, created and under constant development by PaloSanto Solutions, is an open source unified communications server software that brings together IP PBX, email, instant messaging, faxing and collaboration functionality. Humbug Telecom Labs provides carrier-class fraud prevention and detection. Elastix is developed and managed by PaloSanto Solutions an Ecuadorian based company. PaloSanto Solutions is a provider of open source and new technology in Latin America. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |