VOIP used to eavesdrop

Cisco has confirmed that it is possible to eavesdrop on remote conversations using Cisco VOIP phones, reports PC World.

In its security response, Cisco says: "An attacker with valid Extension Mobility authentication credentials could cause a Cisco Unified IP phone configured to use the Extension Mobility feature to transmit or receive a Real-Time Transport Protocol audio stream."

Cisco said Extension Mobility authentication credentials are not tied to individual IP phones and any Extension Mobility account configured on an IP phone`s Cisco Unified Communications Manager/CallManager (CUCM) server can be used to perform an eavesdropping attack.

Buzz Technologies has released a WAP-based VOIP technology that allows users to make low cost calls directly from their mobile phones, reports TechGadgets.

The new VOIP technology needs no software or equipment other than a WAP-enabled phone.

"This service is free to all members of Buzz`s Social Networking Sites, BuzZMe In and the Chinese Xirxi. Services such as VOIP, video, music, radio, news and instant messaging, coupled with mobile devices such as a WiFi-enabled iPod, and the ubiquity of broadband will result in 100 million consumer mobile VOIP users in 2011," said Sutida Suwunnavid, chairperson of Buzz Technologies.

Eircom plans to launch Ireland`s largest and most advanced VOIP network to date, reports SiliconRepublic.

The network will be fully installed and operational by March 2008.

Spanning AIB`s Bankcentre 1 and new Bankcentre 2 campus, 5 000 Cisco IP phones will be used across the company`s IP telephony IT infrastructure as part of the 'One Network IP Telephony Project`.