NTT Communications has launched a high-quality video conferencing service that combines cloud-based multipoint control unit with its world-class virtual private network connections. Branded Arcstar™ IP-VPN and e-VLAN, the service is currently available only in Japan, according to an NTT press release. Read Article

Video surveillance based on unified communications systems are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. At DEFCON 17, the developers behind UCSniff successfully demonstrated a made-up heist by fooling the "guards" into seeing a looped recorded sequence while the "thief" grabs a "valuable trinket".