In the new motion picture Skyfall, James Bond uses fewer gadgets than in previous films, but a future 007 might not have to rely upon Q at all, instead taking advantage of ordinary gadgets, according ...

Let’s say the doors and windows are all closed, all cell phones in the room are on Airplane mode as you and your business partners discuss some super-secret save-the-world formula. But “just because ...

Researchers have found vulnerabilities in Cisco VoIP telephones, recently demonstrating how they can insert malicious code into a Cisco VoIP phone (any of the 14 Cisco Unified IP Phone models) and ...

The San Jose, Calif.-based vendor issued a security alert Wednesday that identified 11 models of its Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series handsets that are vulnerable to the attack. All Cisco IP phones ...

Cisco Systems is warning Cisco Unified IP Phone users that the system contains a vulnerability that opens them up to potential eavesdropping. The networking giant issued a security advisory this week, ...

Cisco stomped out a critical vulnerability in its IP Phone web server that could enable remote code execution by an unauthenticated attacker. Cisco is warning of a critical flaw in the web server of ...

Think your conversations on that Internet phone are secure? Think again. From anywhere in the world, hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in “Voice over Internet Protocol” (VoIP) phones (widely used by ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...

Earlier this month, fifth year Columbia grad student Ang Cui demonstrated a vulnerability that allowed a 7900 series Cisco VoIP phone to be turned into a high-tech listening device, capturing any ...

Two security experts at hacker conference ToorCon9 in San Diego this week hacked into their hotel’s corporate network using a Cisco VoIP phone. The hackers, John Kindervag and Jason Ostrom said they ...