Sandstorm Enterprises® : PhoneSweep®
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PhoneSweep®

The Wardialer of Choice for Security Professionals

It doesn't matter how strongly you've locked the  front door to your network if you've left the  back door wide open.
  • Has someone inside your organization attached a modem to your network?
  • Are your authorized modems susceptible to a break-in with a wardialer?
  • Are your modems displaying login banners that identify the system?
  • Do your modems still have default manufacturer passwords?
  • Is there unknown open access to a legacy system?
  • Are you at risk by not conducting regular audits across your organization?

If you aren't comfortable with your answers, you've come to the right place to learn about establishing a security perimeter using PhoneSweep.

Sandstorm's PhoneSweep telephone scanner was the world's first commercial wardialer. It's the most popular commercial telephone scanner in the world today, with over 80% of the worldwide market. Sandstorm holds two patents on technology used in PhoneSweep:

  • US Patent 6,490,349: System and Method for Scan-dialing Telephone Numbers and Classifying Equipment Connected to Telephone Lines Associated Therewith.
  • US Patent 6,744,864: Adaptive dialing system and method

"...a lot easier to use than anything else I've seen."
Kevin Beaver, speaking about PhoneSweep in Hacking For Dummies (2nd ed.)


The Simple Path to Sophisticated Assurance Testing

  • Do you have incoming fax lines where lost calls are lost business?
  • Do key routers or servers have modems for remote access?

PhoneSweep 5.5 's Continuous Scan feature an check your business-critical incoming phone lines as often as you require. Status changes can be reported on a per-scan basis, or immediately via email if downtime is to be avoided at all costs.


Steps to Security

The resources listed below will provide the information to determine how much your organization needs a tool like PhoneSweep in its security toolbox. Next Steps: If you have questions, please call our sales team at 781-333-3200 to get answers fast. If you are ready to order, please request a quote.

Benefits of Using PhoneSweep

PhoneSweep was engineered and written specifically as a security audit tool by an experienced team of engineers and security professionals. PhoneSweep is designed to be easy to use, flexible, and powerful.

  • PhoneSweep Dials Every Number In Your Organization
  • PhoneSweep is a robust multi-line scanner which scales to meet your specific requirements
  • Once the install is complete, PhoneSweep will
    • Identify computers running remote-access software to bypass the corporate firewall
    • Identify over 460 systems and try to break in
    • Identify approved or unapproved modems that accept incoming calls
    • Identify critical backup modems that have failed
  • PhoneSweep operates in the mode that you select
    • Connect - Quickly scanning all numbers using patented Single Call Detect
    • Identify - Refine your scan and identify numbers that yielded a modem connection
    • Penetrate - This is the most aggressive setting, using brute-force passwords against identified modems
  • PhoneSweep is unique with its patented Single Call Detect technology
  • PhoneSweep contains versatile username and password checking functionality
  • PhoneSweep is solidly engineered providing for stops, starts, and system recovery mid-scan
  • PhoneSweep produces several great looking customizable reports
  • Sandstorm actively supports PhoneSweep with regular releases and new features, and PhoneSweep is listed on the US Government's GSA Schedule, GSA# GS-35F-0360J!

PhoneSweep pre-installed on a laptop

A typical PhoneSweep configuration comes preinstalled on a laptop, with 4 modems and more.


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