Archive for February, 2008

IBM Delivers New Software to Help Improve IP-Based Services

IBM today announced new software designed to help communications service providers improve the quality of their Internet Protocol television (IPTV), Internet Protocol virtual private networks (IP-VPN) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The new offerings are modified versions of IBM Tivoli Netcool Service Quality Manager — tailored for one service, such as IPTV, and […]

VoIP Phone Phreaked by Security Hole

Researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in the web interface used to control a commonly-found VoIP phone, SNOM Technology’s model 320.
Attackers need the IP address of the phone being targeted to start the attack, but assuming they have this they can use a cross-site scripting approach to hack the phone’s built-in management interface, allowing a […]

Bite-Sized VoIP: Web Collaboration Communication Tools

The Phone Connection blog at PCWorld has a great post about how businesses who might not be ready for a full commitment to VoIP can still take advantage of some of the benefits.  
 FTA - “When we talk about VoIP, we are talking about the whole phone system that a business uses for communication. This includes the hardware […]

Top 5 VoIP Threat Predictions for 2008

Sipera VIPER(TM) Lab, operated by Sipera Systems, the leader in comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions, today revealed its Top 5 VoIP Threat Predictions for 2008. As with its “Top 5 VoIP Vulnerabilities in 2007″ list, the Sipera VIPER team leveraged its own extensive research and examined reports to determine the VoIP/UC threats with the greatest potential […]

Los Angeles to Begin Taxing VoIP

VoIP-News is reporting that the city of Los Angeles is going to begin taxing VoIP services.
“From the surface, it sounded like a good thing: the City Council in Los Angeles wants to lower the city-levied tax on phone usage from 10 percent to 9 percent. But in reality, the tax language is expanding to cover […]