ThePudding.com turns your VoIP calls into ad-serving keywords: "

The Associated Press reports on the beta website ThePudding.com, which is offering users 'free' voice over IP (VoIP) calls, with an invasive catch -- it uses voice-recognition software to serve you ads based on the conversation you're having. In some ways, it can be likened to Google scanning your Gmail messages for keywords used to send you targeted advertisements. [ Read more ... ]

Blue Box #58: The SIP Botnet edition - VoIP bots are here, now what? Also rogue firmware mini-tutorial, other VoIP security news, listener comments, more...: "

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Blue Box #56 - Voice encryption tutorial, Skype worm, McAfee's Sage Journal, Zfone, VoIP security news, listener comments and more...: "

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Security Monkey Podcast #15: "In this podcast, by popular ITtoolbox blog author, Security Monkey, Scrap answers reader questions (sort of), the Chief shares a tool for tapping unencrypted VOIP traffic on a LAN, talks phishing, and much more."

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EFF Patent Busting - Prior Art Needed for VOIP: "JumperCable writes 'The Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking to bust an overly broad patent by a company called Acceris. Acceris claims patents on processes that implement voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) using analog phones as endpoints. These patents cover telephone calls over the Internet. [ Read more ... ]