Clean sweep

Clean sweep

Sandstorm Enterprises has announced the latest release of PhoneSweep,a telephone scanner that is used by security professionals to audit telephone systems for vulnerabilities. PhoneSweep is able to discover undocumented or misconfigured modems that could be exploited by criminals and hackers. It is similar to an attacker's "war dialler", in that it will dial a large block or set of telephone numbers and report its findings. PhoneSweep's capabilities, however, extend beyond hacker freeware. It includes a recognition engine that can identify hundreds of different remote access systems. The program can dynamically control many modems simultaneously, thereby slashing scanning time. It can also repeatedly call a set of known "good" numbers to confirm the availability and proper operation of modems required for emergency remote access.

Enhancements to the new version include a re-written user interface that is faster, an expanded recognition engine that can identify more than 300 different remote access systems and a graph button that will create a Microsoft Excel 2000 graph of scanning results, ideal for executive presentations. PhoneSweepmanages both the calling information and the results in an industry-standard SQL database. For more, see www.sandstorm.net