Archive for the 'VoIP News' Category

Tpad Launches Vista VoIP Softphone for PC

Tpad (www.tpad.com) have announced today a new Vista SIP softphone intended to compete with VoIP telephony companies such as Skype, Globe7 and Gizmo.
To take advantage users have to create a Free Tpad Account and download the Free Tpad Vista Softphone.
Gary Holden, Software Manager for Tpad, said: “We have been listening to the feedback from our […]

VoIP Portable Phone Displayed at 2008 Mobile World Congress

NetIndex Inc. (headquarters at Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO Masayasu Uno, hereafter “NetIndex”) and Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. (headquarters at Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo, President and COO Tomohisa Tsukamoto, hereafter “Kaga Electronics”) and Runcom Technologies Ltd. (headquarters at Israel, CEO & Founder Dr. Zion Hadad, hereafter “Runcom”) have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP portable telephone using the […]

Cisco Patches Potentially Crippling VoIP Flaws

Cisco late Wednesday patched seven severe vulnerabilities in its widely used internet telephony software that could permit device compromise or system shutdown.
The bugs – rated “highly critical” by vulnerability tracking firm Secunia – were reported in 16 devices from the networking giant’s Unified IP Phone 7900 series, according to a Cisco advisory. Affected phones are […]

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 […]