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Digium Responds to FBI Vhishing Security Warning about Asterisk

A few days ago the FBI's Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3) issued an unclear warning that says versions of Asterisk software are vulnerable to vhishing (voice phishing) attacks, but didn't say which versions, but causing a flurry of news activity... Full Story

Posted on December 9, 2008 9:47 AM

VoIPshield Finds Security Flaws in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator and Windows Live Messenger

I'm always a bit skeptical of VoIP security vulnerabilities discovered by firms which sell security products. Nevertheless, I thought it was worth sharing this bit of news.Update: Microsoft responded that VoIPShield's test is "on a non-secure implementation of OCS,... Full Story

Posted on November 12, 2008 3:39 PM

Analysis of a VoIP Attack

VoIP security is often overlooked by IT administrators as well as VARs and resellers that deploy VoIP in the enterprise. They do so at their own peril, however. One of the main factors behind using VoIP is to save money.... Full Story

Posted on October 23, 2008 11:00 AM

snom VoIP phone hacked

Those same rascals that figured out how to do call jacking on the popular BT Home Hub to make free "hacked" VoIP calls have done it again! GNUCitizen.org is a group of security experts that just discovered a vulnerability... Full Story

Posted on February 12, 2008 4:49 PM

Iwatsu Adds SIP-Aware Firewall

Today, at Internet Telephony Conference, Iwatsu Voice Networks (Booth #617) announced the expansion of its Valued Integrated Partner program (VIP) with the addition of a new partner, Ingate Systems. Iwatsu's VIP program is designed to offer products and services that... Full Story

Posted on January 25, 2008 11:52 AM

Asterisk Security Vulnerability in SIP Channel Driver

On December 26th, Grey VoIP reported a security hole in Asterisk - an Asterisk SIP Channel Driver BYE Message Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow a remote user to send a specially crafted BYE message using the... Full Story

Posted on January 3, 2008 9:50 AM

VoIP Security Podcast

Dan York, a Mitel employee, VoIP security buff, and a blogger + podcaster was at the recent ITEXPO and TMC allowed him to record some of the paid conferences plus post them online for all to hear. Dan writes for... Full Story

Posted on October 20, 2006 11:52 AM

Asterisk and Ranch Networks make Asterisk secure and more scalable

Today at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo, Digium and Ranch Networks have announced that they are teaming up to make Asterisk a secure and scalable VoIP solution. I have a meeting with Mark Spencer, Mr. Asterisk himself at 4pm today... Full Story

Posted on January 24, 2006 12:00 AM

Juniper news

Juniper Networks has been very busy at Internet Telephony Conference and Expo announcing a few worthy news items. I've been busy, so didn't have time to blog these when the stories broke.- Juniper Networks, Inc. two days ago announced it... Full Story

Posted on October 27, 2005 11:42 AM

Security concerns slow VoIP adoption for small and medium businesses

Looks like yet another survey is claiming SMBs are slow to deploy VoIP - with one of the major concerns being security. You wouldn't think this would be the case since SMBs tend to move faster than larger organizations. There... Full Story

Posted on October 25, 2005 8:13 PM

Secure WiMAX VPN

Wireless security provider Columbitech has announced news on how it helps secure roaming and single log-in capabilities within WiMax and various other networks. Similar to WiFi, WiMAX is a shared network, only with a much larger distance radius. Thus, there... Full Story

Posted on September 27, 2005 10:48 AM

Skype Security

Looks like Skype has some more security issues. Andy had an "eavesdropping" security issue when he tried calling another Skype user. Essentially when he dialed this other Skype user, this user was already in a Skype conference call, so Andy... Full Story

Posted on January 7, 2005 1:56 PM

VoIP Security

VoIP Security Lockdown VoIP security is often overlooked.Too often us VoIP bloggers get caught up writing about the latest cool feature added to Vonage/Packet8/CallVantage, etc., or the latest VoIP gadget or toy.Unfortunately, VoIP security just isn't a sexy topic.But... Full Story

Posted on December 27, 2004 11:39 AM

Are Hackers Stealing your Data via Wireless WiFi Signals?

Until I read this "Stealth wallpaper keeps company secrets safe | New Scientist" article, the only way I knew of to block external access to WiFi signals was to line the building's walls with aluminium foil, and use special glass... Full Story

Posted on August 8, 2004 5:26 PM