SecurityProNews reports on an announcement from NEC about a new product called SEAL that will be capable of preventing VoIP SPIT, otherwise known as VoIP Spam over Internet Technology. The new SEAL technology uses the Turing Test that measures how well a computer can imitate a human voice. There have been rumblings around the webContinue Reading
A report [PDF] from Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) and conducted by IDC reveals that SMBs do not trust the security offered by VoIP providers. Only 50% of SMBs thought that VoIP providers had adequate security, while 82% of those surveyed trusted the security offered by traditional PSTN providers. One of the major issues thatContinue Reading
TechRepublic has a great writeup on various measures you can take to secure a SIP-based VoIP network. Security, or the lack thereof, really seems to have come to the fore recently. Only a few weeks ago one research group reported that as many as 70% of all calls made using Voice over IP are insecureContinue Reading
We’ve been hearing more and more chatter about the future of VoIP security recently. And rightly so, VoIP might be a hot topic but it seems that there is still a lot of work to do on securing VoIP calls. Vishing (VoIP phishing) is on the rise, corruption at remote call centers is rife andContinue Reading
The new year could ring in increased security threats for VoIP deployments because as VoIP gains more traction security analysts are expecting more vulnerabilities to surface, which will encourage development of VoIP-specific defense and diagnostic tools. The SANS Institute recently included VoIP among the top 20 internet targets that are at risk from attack. AtContinue Reading