Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Venezuelan VoIP hacker pleads guilty
A Venezuelan man pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court on Wednesday to hacking into the networks of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) providers and reselling internet-based phone services for profit, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »
Security of VoIP calls encouraged as claims made that danger can be caused if it is not
Companies are being encouraged to consider the security of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as much as data.
Ian Kilpatrick, chairman of the Wick Hill Group, claimed that putting both data and voice on the same network could lead to problems, as storing both on the same network could double the risk.
Upon Wick Hill’s appointment as a distributor for Samsung’s OfficeServ and Ubigate voice ranges, Kilpatrick further claimed that a very strong growth in VoIP has been indicated and there is a very high interest in purchasing security.
Black Box Veri-NAC
Black Box Veri-NAC provides agentless detection, alerting and blocking of attacks against a variety of network devices, including managed switches, VoIP phone ports and insecure wireless routers. It also protects against IP and MAC spoofing by trust lists. It uses a Dynamic Detection System that monitors for new network devices and audits them for vulnerabilities.
WatchGuard introduces multifunction security appliance series
WatchGuard Technologies has launched the multifunction security appliance series WatchGuard XTM 8.
According to WatchGuard, the XTM 8 Series achieves a faster-than-line-speed 1.2Gbps throughput, delivers 5Gbps firewall throughput and includes stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection and WatchGuard’s proprietary proxy technology.
It includes application-level security for SIP and H.323 protocols that conceal business VoIP systems and simultaneously harden them to repel directory harvesting attacks, input validation hacks (buffer overflows), and other VoIP threats.
It also provides application inspection and port and protocol identification to ensure application traffic is valid and safe. Additionally, the WatchGuard HTTPS inspection works in tandem with IM and P2P application blocking, which foils even those bots that use encryption to evade detection.
Cellcrypt secures voice communications
Cellcrypt Ltd has announced the release of Cellcrypt Mobile v4.0 that provides end-to-end voice encryption.
Voice encryption is offered on Nokia Smartphones and a range of Windows Mobile devices and ensures that you can talk in complete confidence wherever you are on the latest commercially available handsets.
It uses VOIP to deliver secure phone calls, low voice delays (latency), global coverage and international call capability across 3G or GPRS mobile networks and WiFi.