In the 5th Century BCE, the Greek tyrant Histiaeus devised a clever new way to send hidden messages. He shaved the head of one of his servants, tattooed the missive on his head, and waited for his ...

For the past decade, a spectre has haunting the world’s big telecoms companies. It is called packetisation. Packetisation means that voice calls, whether over fixed or mobile networks, can be bundled ...

The HackLabs cracking demonstration formed part of a VoIP hacking workshop at the AusCERT security conference in Australia yesterday. Its aim was to show VoIP phones and corporate IP-driven telephony ...

The launch of the new VOIP security courses comes as the number of VOIP hacking incidents, most notably in the US, has been rising steadily, Infosecurity notes. According to the institute, the six-day ...

To comply with federal guidelines, the new design must provide the exact physical location of any emergency phone call from within its network - not a simple task when working with VoIP phones that ...

Organizations such as the National Taxpayers' Union have sent missives to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging it to keep the heavy regulatory burden that controls the public ...

Last week a study revealed that US consumers are dropping their traditional phone service for mobile phones. A new study, however, says that plenty of other consumers are switching to VoIP services in ...

SILVER SPRING, Md.--The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association released a new industry affairs update that discusses concerns about voice over Internet protocol. NBFAA prepared the paper, Report on ...