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Vendors of security technologies are often accused of over-hyping the threats. This is particularly true in the VoIP sector where critics point to the lack of reports of VoIP security incidents in as evidence of hype. This...

VoIP is a specialist application and requires specialist security technologies. Standard firewalls, that are used for protect web and email servers do not offer a complete solution for VoIP. Even so-called SIP Aware firewalls...

Content related threats target calls directly. Threats in this category include call monitoring and eavesdropping as well as VoIP Spam. The concept of call monitoring is familiar from the PSTN world, but the reality is that it is...

The application and protocol specific threat category covers the set of threats that are specific to VoIP applications and to the protocols used to drive these applications. The standard protocol defined by the Internet...

Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services continue to attract attention with most enterprise users exploring the benefits of VoIP while both carriers and service providers are starting to offer VoIP based services.The term VoIP covers a wide...

The standard phone system has a history extending back more than 100 years. For most of this period the phone system has delivered a relatively secure and mostly trust-worthy service. The phone networks are operated by the...

A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 291 companies has found that 93% of companies believe that instant messaging (IM) and Voice over IP (VoIP) usage is moving faster than corresponding security. Further to this, according to...

Network Instruments, a provider of innovative analysis solutions for in-depth network intelligence and continuous availability, announced the release of its GigaStor appliance with integrated security forensics. The comprehensive...

Tom Cross, X-Force Advanced Research Team, ISS talks about VoIP Vulnerabilities. From the "Security & Network Administration" Theatre, IP06 Event, Earls Court London, 17th & 18th October 2006. Listen to this interview

Jim Credland, THUS Security Consultant, Thus talks about VoIP security, protocols and standards. From the "Security & Network Administration" Theatre, IP06 Event, Earls Court London, 17th & 18th October 2006.Listen to...

Telephone services that use the Internet instead of the traditional telephone network (Voice over IP) can save you a lot of money. We've been using Lingo's VoIP services for our small business for almost two years now, with very...

GNU Telephony released their latest version of the GNU RTP Stack, GNU ccrtp 1.5, a free software framework for developing applications that use the secure RTP profile for VOIP (as defined by RFC 3711), and also a GNU GPL licensed...

Scott Nursten, managing director of Network Specialist S2S, sent us a letter highlighting some misunderstandings that cloud the VoIP sector.“VoIP in the business world is greatly misunderstood. Part of this misconception is...

Homeland Security: Fix Your WindowsIn a rare alert, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged Windows users to plug a potential worm hole in the Microsoft operating system. The agency, which also runs the United States...

The security of Voice over IP (VOIP) came under intense scrutiny at the Black Hat 2006 IT security event in Las Vegas this week, kicking off with Phil Zimmermann updating the audience on his Zfone secure VoIP software, which is...