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SIP beyond VoIP

 

 

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Freakonomics.

http://www.freakonomics.com/

Internet Security Threat Report. Time to Wake up !

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends. The latest report, released March 7, is now available

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume IX: March 2006 | View the Webcast 

This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. In this edition, the new threat landscape is shown to be increasingly dominated by attacks and malicious code that are used to commit cybercrime, criminal acts that incorporate a computer or Internet component. Attackers have moved away from large, multipurpose attacks on network perimeters and toward smaller, more focused attacks on client-side targets.

The threat landscape is coming to be dominated by emerging threats such as bot networks and customizable modular malicious code. Targeted attacks on Web applications and Web browsers are increasingly becoming the focal point for cybercriminals. Whereas traditional attack activity has been motivated by curiosity and a desire to show off technical virtuosity, many current threats are motivated by profit. They often attempt to perpetrate criminal acts, such as identity theft, extortion, and fraud, for financial gain.



Over the last six months of 2005, Symantec detected an average of 1,402 Denial of Service (DoS) attacks per day. This is an increase of 51 percent from the first half of 2005, when Symantec detected an average of 927 DoS attacks per day.

source : http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/threatreport/index.jsp

Related : www.security.webtown.com.my

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Top VoIP white papers.

Network World Special Report on VoIP (ShoreTel)
Leading by Example: A VoIP Strategy (AT&T)
Broadband Wireless Networks (Technology Marketing)
Network Readiness For VoIP (ShoreTel)

Source : ZDNET / CNET Networks, Inc (Newsletter Feb 2006).

Interesting little Skypebook.

 Skype Me! : From Single User to Small Enterprise and Beyond

• By: Bill Campbell, Michael Gough, Joshua Brashars, Dan Douglass


• Publisher: Syngress


• Released: 07 December, 2005

• Price: $23.07 (New),

found it by going here :  skype answering machine. Strange website.

I wish Ebay, Amazon would start to use code in book like skype:book123456.sales in their system (temporary authorized, safe sales codes, you can only order as much as the books in stock…). In the future I will read the ISBN-nr. with my mouse or special eye pen the barcode in the book, then I will be redirected to Ebay, Amazon or whatever and they will ask via a friendly voice my creditcard number (safe enough, since encrypted voice channel) and I will buy the book. The whole session will be recorded in video and voice on my computer in an encrypted mp3–file and send to the FBI and to the Skype Fraude manager for voice-stress analysis theft of creditcard by entities that stole/hacked an Ebay or Amazon Skype IDin case of fraude. Well as long as I get my book delivery via DHL or another courier it’s fine by me.

Some other good Skype related books here :

 

Skype Hacks : a great book.

I never liked to read pdf-documents by the way. So always happy to read on paper. By the way I was the one printing out all those pdf-pages on the company laserjet; Yes I admit. Hehehe. Just received this morning the book on Skype Hacks from Andrew Sheppard. Really interesting. It is the reference book that every Skype nerd should be reading and there will be a new one called «Skype for Dummies». Should be a big success with all those people out there using Skype.

related : http://hacks.oreilly.com |  oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Skype Hacks, First Edition | Search on Hacking Skype |

Skype Hacks

 

 Andrew Sheppard
First Edition Januar 2006
ISBN 0-596-10189-9
Seiten 342

EUR24.00, SFR39.90

Bestellen  If you've heard about Skype--and who hasn't with all the recent media attention devoted to internet phone service--chances are you've been mighty tempted to try it out. Skype Hacks tells you what all the Skype hype is about, explains the basics, and shows you more than 100 clever tips and tricks for tweaking and tuning Skype so you too can enjoy free phone calls and services. Samples : Hack 43: Make Calls from Your Web Browser (PDF Format) Hack 44: Accelerate Skype Using Your Keyboard (PDF Format) Hack 45: Tweak Skype by Editing config.xml (PDF Format) Hack 47: Display the Technical Details of a Call (PDF Format) Hack 49: Add Fast-Dial Shortcuts to Your Menu or Desktop (PDF Format)

Excessive data-traffic due to Skype ?

Probably, yes.  You clicked yes, remember, but did you read the user-agreement?

"You hereby grant permission for the Skype Software to utilise the processor and bandwidth of your computer for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between Skype Software users"

 source.

Skype on your plate : trick or treat.

Have a nice breakfast. I did. Interesting to see all the different perspectives.

Skype Penetration for year 2008 | Localization for Skype | Podcast: Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype. | Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, on his VoIP service’s lack of 911 access | PDA Eten M600 review | Skype for Pocket PC | Skype on Pocket PC performs horribly | Proprietary technologies of Skype and Vonage and other VOIP providers; a security risk ?. | Future telephony may look quite different from PSTN-style calling. | Vonage Adds Virtual Number in Europe | Cambridge prof warns of Skype botnet threat | Skype Holes | How bad is the Skype botnet threat? | VoIP traffic can be used as a covert control channel for a botnet | MySpace: Security and spyware issues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Gates defends China's internet restrictions.

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Yappernut Winners of the Skype Mouse. Easy to copy too.

 I did not win anything in the Yappernut contest to guess their new product the Yappermouse., but almost. I’ll buy one. I also found this on Alibaba. In Asia they say : «easy to copy». Somebody else today told me ( I think he is right ) : the Europeans think it, the Americans do it. I add to this that the Asians/Chinese copy it and the Indians (India) will support it. I’ll blog it.