Blue Box #85: Internet phone calls and terrorism, Georgia Tech report on Emerging Cyber Security Threats, phone jamming, 802.1X-REV, 802.1AE, VoIP security news and more

Synopsis: Blue Box #85: Internet phone calls and terrorism, Georgia Tech report on Emerging Cyber Security Threats, phone jamming, 802.1X-REV, 802.1AE, VoIP security news and more

Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #85, a 32-minute podcast  from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions.   

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Show Content:

• 00:20 - Intro to the show, contact information and how to provide comments.  Welcome to all the new listeners - and to all those listeners who have been here for so long!


• Programming notes:
  
  
  
  • Three-year anniversary of Blue Box coming up on October 24th - any thoughts you'd like to share with us? (Please send them to us by October 23rd.)
  
  
  
  
  


• The Times: "Internet phone calls are crippling fight against terrorism" - and my response on the Voice of VOIPSA blog


• FierceVoIP: "UK crimefighting concern over VoIP calls, social networks" 


• BBC: Data powers behind the times 
  
  


• GA Tech Survey (PDF) (link about the GA conference )


• Dark Reading: Cellphone Botnets, Blackmailing VOIP & a Healthy Cybercrime Economy


• bMighty.com: Georgia Tech Security Report Scarier Than Its Football Team


• cNet: Botnets on cell phones in 2009?


• telecoms.com: Smartphone is a hotbed of security issues
  
  


• VNUnet: Security industry falling behind hackers
  
  


• AP: Phone Jamming in NH
  
  


• GigaOm: EEF Challenges Telco Immunity in Court 
  
  


• Information Week: New Protocols Secure Layer 2


• Voice of VOIPSA: Asking The Cisco Systems IPICS and JPS Raytheon ACU-2000 Experts: Questions 36-40


• Other Voice of VOIPSA articles


• snom technology AG: snom 820 combines mature VoIP technology with exclusive design


• IDC Finds Increasing Hype Around Unified Communications Is Affecting How Customers Select Telephony Systems and Services (interesting movement in the top vendors used  - Nortel out and IBM in)


• Peerless VoIP Peering


• Comment (IM) from Christian Wieser
  


• Review of the last week's traffic on the VOIPSEC public mailing list
  
  


• Wrap-up of the show
  
  


• 32:10 - End of show 

Comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome either as replies to this post  or via e-mail to [email protected].  Audio comments sent as attached MP3 files are definitely welcome and will be played in future shows.  You may also call the listener comment line at either +1-415-830-5439 or via SIP to '[email protected]' to leave a comment there. 

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