VoIP vulnerabilities increasing, but not exploits; Successful phishing attacks up

Security Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile VoIP vulnerabilities increasing, but not exploits By Tim Greene PBXs are servers on corporate networks and are susceptible to the many exploits that networks in general are heir to, such as denial-of-service and buffer overflows. There have been few exploits so far, however, and none that were widespread or crippling to businesses. Read full story Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering network access control, virtual private networking gear, remote access, WAN acceleration and aspects of VoIP technology. You can reach him at tgreene@nww.com. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY NETPRO COMPUTING INC Log Management Leads to Better Security Discover how improving log management leads to a more secure network and regulatory compliance in this informative whitepaper. Get a run down of many of the regulations and how simplifying log management can help you more easily comply with them. 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