---
id: 3887
title: "From Dial Tone to Throne: IVR Testing in the Spirit of The King of NYNEX"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/dial-tone-to-throne-ivr-testing"
published_at: "2025-02-05 00:00"
tags: ["denial-of-service", "penetration-testing", "enumeration", "ivr", "telephony-security", "voice-security"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3887"
lang: en
---

# From Dial Tone to Throne: IVR Testing in the Spirit of The King of NYNEX

## Summary

IVR systems are an under-tested attack surface: Bishop Fox covers phone-tree pentesting — account and PIN enumeration, call-flooding DoS, data disclosure — plus steps to harden voice response systems.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2025-02-05 00:00
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/dial-tone-to-throne-ivr-testing
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3887