Archive for January, 2005

myNetWatchman’s SecCheck

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

myNetWatchman’s SecCheck is a handy tool available as ActiveX or DOS executable. It dumps out a bunch of configuration detail from your system:

  • Currently active processes
  • Defined services
  • Startup folder items
  • Startup Registry Key contents
  • Applications listening for inbound connections
  • Applications with active network communications
  • Active Browser Helper objects (BHOs)
  • Installed ActiveX controls
  • Module dump (DLLs) for all active applications

If you don’t mind trusting the executable content from myNetWatchman, it’s faster and easier than downloading a bunch of separate tools (fport, etc) to do the same thing.

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George Mason University ID system cracked

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

As a former university information security officer I take particular interest in these things (this could be you): Hacker compromises data at George Mason University - Computerworld:

The names, photos and Social Security numbers of more than 32,000 students and staff at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., have been compromised as the result of a hacker attack against the university’s main ID server. The attack was discovered during a routine review of system files and prompted the school to disconnect the compromised server from the network, according to an e-mail sent to members of the university community yesterday by Joy Hughes, the school’s vice president for information technology.

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iPod Medical Imaging

Monday, January 10th, 2005

Via Roland Piquepaille’s Technology Trends: iPod Imaging:

… several thousands of doctors are using the free OsiriX software to manage their medical images on their iPods and Macintoshes …

It’s an interesting route-around of the usual IT solutions (which offer not enough space and are less convenient). My cursory inspection of all the linked-to articles and software documentation shows zero discussion of privacy, security, and HIPAA — yet. Is sending a medical image via iChat secure enough?

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