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9/10/2003
- At Auburn University lines of students wrapped around support offices two weeks after the Blaster worm first struck, initially downing the residential network.
- Temple University provided students with free anti-virus software, which is probably why—along with 90,000 warning e-mails and 27,00 paper flyers—only 400 of 35,000 student computers appear to have been infected.
- Duke University was set up to filter out virus-laden e-mail (it filtered out 2.5 million) and only a handful of machines on campus got infected.
- Harvard University puts incoming e-mail through a virus filter—in its arts and sciences department, 36,000 infected messages were stopped in the first 9 hours of the software’s implementation.
- Brown University’s network registration tool scanned newly-connected machines and instructed the owners without needed patches and updates to go get them—that was about half of all students.
- George Mason University cut off all residence hall access to 3,600 students for a while—after many students failed to sign statements that they had run anti-virus software and placed patches.
- At Columbia University a system-wide spam filter protected computers from viruses, even so consultants were also busy working in the dorms with student machines on site. Due to strong rules on computer user rights, however, student computers at Columbia and Barnard were not quarantined from the network.
- At the University of Maryland, returning students going into the network were directed to a Web site telling them to apply patches for the Blaster worm; those who did not do so within a fixed period of time were kicked off the network.
- At the University of Virginia, about 800 student-owned machines were kicked out of the network by security "bots" and were not allowed back in until obtaining CDs and loading up on protection.
- Oberlin College suffered "near meltdown" on August 21 due to students returning to campus with infected computers—9 out of 10 Windows machines were infected.
- University of North Texas was cleaning off 16 computers every hour and a half—and charging students $30 to do it. Students were not permitted to log into the network without first proving they had clean computers.
- Vanderbilt University shut down connections to 1,200 computers after finding out that as many as one-fourth of all student computers were infected. It took days to get service to them all turned back on.
- Salisbury University shut its residential network completely down for a day, this after a 2-week period spent cleaning off 500 university computers.
- MIT shut off service to infected computers and blocks traffic to and from suspected machines.
- At the University of Illinois, a team of 30+ network technicians worked on students’ desks to patch and check student computers in the residence halls. Some students faced a week’s delay in getting permission to get connected.
- News Update :: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
:::::: NEWS
: Report: Green Efforts Improving on Campuses
: Polytechnic Institute of NYU Deploys Array Networks Equipment for Access Control
: Oracle Releases Student Administration Integration Pack
: Red Hat Hacked, Company Issues Security Advisory
: Sun Open Sources Mobile Toolkit LWUIT
: Vulnerability Management Needed for Security, Study Says
: Microsoft Details SharePoint-SQL 2008 Integration
: Higher Ed Growing into BI, Data Warehousing
: LectureShare Updates Free Course Management System - Campus Security :: August 22, 2008
:::::: CASE STUDY
: Corralling Identity Management
:::::: CAMPUS SECURITY NEWS
: Vulnerability Management Needed for Security, Study Says
: Wayne State Deploys Q1 Labs QRadar to Manage and Secure Network
: KU Medical Center Installs Real-time Beacon System
: Virginia Tech Tries 'Compliance Sheriff' To Improve Web Site Accessibility
: Microsoft, BearingPoint Team Up To Provide Risk-Based Compliance Solution
: Collaboration Key to Security, Microsoft Says
: IBM Unveils New Software Designed To Streamline eDiscovery
: Security Woes Up, as PHP and OSS Make the List - IT Trends :: Thursday, August 21, 2008
:::::: INTERVIEW
:: Higher Ed Growing into BI, Data Warehousing
:::::: IT NEWS
:: Microsoft Changes Virtualization Licensing Rules
:: Vorex Upgrades Web-based Data Collection Tool for Schools
:: AT&T 'Big Mobile' Grant Extended
:: U Illinois Implements New StorMagic SAN in 15 Minutes
:: OOXML Reaffirmed, ISO/IEC Reject Appeals
:: Butler U Deploys Virtual Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway
:: Linux Application Checker Brings Distro Help - SmartClassroom :: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
:::::: INTERVIEW
: The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed
:::::: NEWS and PRODUCT UPDATES
: Sakai 2.5.2 Gets Performance Boost; New Modules Released
: Georgia Virtual Tech Moves to Angel LMS for Web-based Instruction
: Video Spotlight: Campus Technology 2008 Keynote Address
: AT&T 'Big Mobile' Grant Extended
: Colorado State Launches New Online School - Web 2.0 :: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
:::::: THE BUZZ
: Digital Arrays for Evidence-Based Learning
:::::: WEB 2.0 IN ACTION
: "That Which Weaves Together:" The NSF Cyberlearning Report
:::::: PRODUCTS AND APPS
: Sakai 2.5.2 Gets Performance Boost; New Modules Released
: Vorex Upgrades Web-based Data Collection Tool for Schools
: Colorado State Launches New Online School
: Collexis' Lawriter Debuts Social Network for Law Students - News Update :: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
:::::: NEWS
: Video Spotlight: Campus Technology 2008 Keynote Address
: Report Finds Dip in Microsoft's Browser Share
: Butler U Deploys Virtual Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway
: VMware's Updates Cause Problems, CEO Apologizes
: Intel Releases Interface for USB 3.0
: Linux Application Checker Brings Distro Help
: Wayne State Deploys Q1 Labs QRadar to Manage and Secure Network
: SunGard HE Releases New Unified Digital Campus
: Higher Education Fertile Ground for 802.11n WiFi, ABI Reports
