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Unified Communications Manager contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead to a denial of service attack against an organisation's VoIP network, Cisco has admitted Polish researchers have developed a range of steganographic techniques which would enable a hacker to hide information in VoIP traffic. User names and passwords aren't secure, and momentum continues to build across the industry to solve this problem in a manageable way. VoIPshield Laboratories has alerted companies that market voice over IP systems of new security vulnerabilities. Organisations are overlooking the security risks, planning considerations and business needs in the rush to capitalise on VoIP, argues ISPhone’s James Spenceley. Skype is warning its Windows users to keep their guard up against a new virus making the rounds on the peer-to-peer internet telephony service. Kaspersky’s senior virus analyst has warned of ‘unpleasant news’ from the world of mobile malware in its latest quarterly security trend report. Cisco late Wednesday patched seven severe vulnerabilities in its widely used internet telephony software that could permit device compromise or system shutdown. Apple's iPhone will soon be "ready for business," according to analysts at research firm Gartner, which originally labeled the popular mobile device unfit for enterprise deployment. Cisco sewed up two serious vulnerabilities in its widely deployed IP telephony software that could allow attackers to initiate a system shutdown or takeover. Financial services firms may need to consider extra security for voice communications. Voice over (IP) is a dream concept for companies and organisations all over the world. With voice calls being sent over the internet, money can be saved on long-distance calls and intra-office calls. IT management provider LANDesk Software is updating its 18-month-old service desk product. A simultaneous reboot of computers automatically installing the latest Microsoft patches set off a widespread Skype outage last week, the VoIP company announced today. The tactics and tools of the trade used by VoIP hackers have been revealed in a newly released book aimed at educating enterprise on the security risks of Internet telephony services. VoIP cuts costs and streamlines communication for enterprises, but are the benefits worth the security risks? Dan Kaplan investigates. Organisations need to weigh the convenience of wireless networking against the risks to the integrity of their IT systems. Steve Gold reports. A worm posing as a link to glamour model images has been spread via the Skype IM chat system, it was reported today. VoIP cuts costs and streamlines communication for enterprises, but are the benefits worth the security risks? Dan Kaplan and Negar Salek investigate As the epidemic of spam and malware continues to barrage email systems, one might think the industry would have learned to build strong security into new communications protocols. Unfortunately, in the case of VoIP - the most important new communications protocol since SMTP - this is not true. Historically, the development of VoIP infrastructure has prioritised quality and reliability over security, with few security measures being built in.