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NewsVoIP drives broadband service growth
Broadband value-added services reaped $25.7 billion worldwide in 2007, an increase of 62 percent from 2006, according to Point-Topic research. VoIP and security made up the largest percentage of this Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: The Menace of Hannah Montana
Disney's "Hannah Montana Wake-Up Call" has apparently been overwhelmed with bad people abusing the power of VoIP. The service allows you to enter in a phone number on a website to deliver a special Read more...
The Ease of Hacking VoIP
Most of the 300,000 privately owned IP PBX systems throughout the U.S. are "wide open" to anyone that wants to hack them, says ChannelWeb. Compounding matters are a lack of regulatory interest and Read more...
A Skype Back Door?
High-ranking officials at the Austrian interior ministry have said it isn't a problem to listen into Skype conversations, implying that there is a back door built into the program. Heise online has Read more...
Digium CTO parses unblocked Caller ID hack
Normally, punching *67 should block Caller ID information
being passed through to a receiving caller.
But, as security consultant Kevin Mitnick has demonstrated and Digium
CTO Mark Spencer explains, Read more...
Last Hope Launches Security Season
Over the weekend, 2600's The Last HOPE (Hackers On Planet
Earth) conference launched what this reporter dubs "Security Season."
Be prepared for an onslaught of computer security stories Read more...
UC Data Leakage Dangers
It's not just Light Reading that's talking about UC security this week. Osterman Research has conducted a
survey polling enterprises on their security Read more...
UC Insecurity
Is time to worry about UC security? In its latest report,
entitled "Unified Communications: A Sense of Insecurity," Light
Reading thinks so. Because UC integrates so many established and Read more...
Mu Finds Vulnerability in ReSIProcate
Late on Friday, July 11, Mu Dynamics announced it had
discovered a vulnerability in ReSIProcate that could affect several VoIP
products. ReSIProcate is a SIP stack and the advisory applies to Read more...
Avaya, Cisco and Nortel Patching VoIP ASAP
VoIP customers of Avaya, Cisco and Nortel should be on the
lookout for patches today by noon ET to correct security vulnerabilities
discovered by VoIPshield Laboratories. According to Network
World, Read more...
| Press ReleasesVoIPshield Laboratories Uncovers Over 100 Vulnerabilities in Leading Enterprise VoIP SystemsOTTAWA, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- VoIPshield Laboratories, the research division of VoIPshield Systems Inc., today announced it has discovered over 100 security vulnerabilities in Voice over IP Read more... In-Stat Survey Finds US Businesses Lagging in Securing VoIP SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Although VoIP may be on its way to widespread adoption, research indicates that many US businesses haven’t yet taken steps to increase security for VoIP Read more... Sipera VIPER Lab Reveals Top 5 VoIP Vulnerabilities in 2007RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sipera VIPER(TM) Lab, operated by Sipera Systems, the leader in comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions, today revealed the Top 5 Read more... Arbor Networks' Third-Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report Highlights Botnets and Increased Size of DDoS Attacks VoIP Vulnerabilities and Rise of Managed Services Also Highlighted in Report LEXINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - September 17, 2007) -- Arbor Networks, a leading provider of network security and Read more... |