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VoIP Security and Privacy: Making PC Platforms and Networks Highly Secure
White Papers This paper describes solutions for addressing security and privacy issues for VoIP networks and how to effectively address network vulnerabilities while maintaining platform integrity and performance.
[January 4, 2006, 0:01]
VoIP security fears spook IT pros
News In a debate at the Infosecurity conference in London last Wednesday, an audience of security and IT pros voted that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) wasn't able to support mission critical communications at the moment.
[May 3, 2006, 13:30]
VoIP security is a problem, but can be guarded against
Talkback Whilst I fully commend the comments of the Jericho forum, VoIP security and issues such as the Grandstream one can be guarded against. Even where hosted PBXs [for example] are used, existing mechanism hightlighted above provide the same levels of...
[October 20, 2007, 19:54]
VoIP Security: Protecting Your VoIP Investment
White Papers When VoIP is introduced into the network, an organization's perimeter security solution will play a critical role in either enabling or limiting the scope of the deployment and, as a result, the benefits realized from a converged voice and data...
[January 4, 2006, 0:01]
Tackling VoIP security concerns
News That makes security a very important issue, so let's take a look at the status of VoIP today. VoIP security threats are no longer just theoretical. Be aware of the security issues created by firewall configurations required for VoIP traffic to go...
[September 27, 2006, 15:10]
White hats expose VoIP security threat
News The testers, who are from VoIP security firm Sipera, claim that they have found similar vulnerabilities in several vendors' enterprise VoIP software clients. The testers demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit for one of the VoIP clients at the...
[August 7, 2007, 17:49]
UK govt finds security flaws in VoIP and texting technology
News A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems. Specifically, a filter used in the server that secures VoIP...
[January 14, 2004, 7:30]
Security Issues Around the Deployment of VoIP and Multimedia Protocols in Wireless and Firewalled Environments
White Papers This has increased the prevalence of technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia protocols such as video-conferencing, web-casting and Instant Messaging. However, implementing these applications in firewalled...
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
Jericho Forum voices concerns over VoIP security
News A leading member of the Jericho Forum has criticised the security of voice-over-IP technology after security researchers revealed that it was possible to eavesdrop on VoIP conversations. Vulnerability researchers Humberto Abdelnur, Radu State and...
[August 29, 2007, 14:31]
Mitigating Security Threats to Your VoIP Network
White Papers Voice over IP (VoIP) networks, for example, are far more vulnerable to hijacking, command injection and Denial of Service (DoS) than traditional networks. Increasingly, enterprises are leveraging data networks such as the Internet to connect users.
[September 15, 2007, 1:01]
Video blog: VoIP security is a red herring
Blog Clive Longbottom, from analysts Quocirca had some interesting things to say on the subject of Voice over IP - particularly about whether merging voice and data networks has inherent security risks. Security group, the Jericho Forum, has warned...
[October 16, 2007, 13:52]
Security tools probe VoIP flaws
News If your VoIP phone starts ringing off the hook, it might not denote a surge in your popularity - just that someone is trying one of 13 newly released security tools. VoIP security is still in its infancy," he said.
[August 3, 2006, 10:40]
Businesses urged to tackle VoIP and Wi-Fi threats
News Businesses are failing to secure their Wi-Fi and VoIP networks adequately, leaving themselves open to growing security threats. Just 15 percent have VoIP security in place. VoIP networks are potentially open to phishing (or "vishing"), spam and...
[September 5, 2007, 16:03]
The Sky(pe) is falling review
Reviews With Voice over IP (VoIP), however, the threats and security risks are well known; they're much the same as with the Internet itself. But what will make or break VoIP will be how this very young industry handles emerging security issues and whether...
[October 31, 2005, 14:35]
Beyond Interoperability: Network Security as a Voice over IP (VoIP) Enabler
White Papers Companies implementing Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies in an effort to cut communications costs should not overlook the security risks associated with a converged voice and data network. Tempted by the benefits of lower phone bills, centralized...
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Security 'hit-list' for 2007 revealed
News IT managers are being warned of the threats that are likely to keep them awake at night in 2007, with laptop security, VoIP and the contentious issue of mobile phone viruses all featuring on one organisation's 'hit-list'.
[October 3, 2006, 8:45]
VoIP threats 'must be dealt with now'
News With little evidence to suggest a problem, however, the 22 member companies of the VoIP Security Alliance run the risk of provoking the digital world's black hats. The providers of voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), as Net phone services are...
[February 8, 2005, 8:50]
VoIP could provoke 'electronic Pearl Harbour'
News The head of information security for the Royal Mail has warned that voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications will expose companies to hackers and malicious code if not implemented correctly. Speaking at the annual Business Continuity Expo in London's...
[March 17, 2005, 17:20]
Data theft tops IT security agenda
News None of those surveyed described themselves as "extremely concerned" about the security of VoIP or unified communications systems, and just 49 percent agreed that security should be a consideration when implementing IP-based communications.
[April 19, 2007, 17:08]
Military VoIP plans to benefit private sector
News BT has announced a partnership with Nortel to provide managed IP services to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that could, they say, result in improved security around emerging VoIP technology. The fact that the lab has been set up for the DFTS means...
[June 1, 2005, 17:30]
