The NJMVC is the first government agency in New Jersey to use pen tablet PCs

The Background:

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) aims to be the model for excellence in motor vehicle services.

Long waits and slow service are never fun, but many customers have come to accept it as a fact of life when visiting their local motor vehicle departments around the country.

In 2003, the NJMVC began overhauling its operations and image in an effort to better serve customers. One critical tool it’s using to improve the customer experience is tablet PCs from Motion Computing. The point-of-entry service made possible by tablet PCs has made a major impact on the way the Commission serves customers.

The Challenge:

The NJMVC made the decision to deploy the tablets in three areas: driver license renewal, new driver licensing, and vehicle inspections.

For years, customers waited in line for hours, only to find out that they didn’t have the appropriate identification. Following the enactment of New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Security and Customer Service Act in 2003, the newly created Motor Vehicle Commission began requiring new and renewing drivers to produce six points of identification in order to obtain a digital driver license.

Severity: Medium

11 September, 2007

Summary:

Today, Microsoft released a bulletin describing an important security vulnerability affecting MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. By enticing one of your users into accepting a malicious webcam invite, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to potentially gain complete control of that user’s computer. If you use MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger in your network, you should download, test, and deploy the latest version as soon as possible.

Exposure:

Microsoft’s security bulletin describes a vulnerability affecting MSN Messenger 6.2, 7.0, 7.5, and Windows Live Messenger 8.0. The flaw stems from a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the code used to handle webcam and video chat sessions. We mentioned this vulnerability in an August Wire post, but Microsoft hadn’t patched it at that time. If an attacker can entice one of your users into accepting a specially crafted webcam invite, she can exploit this flaw to execute code on the user’s computer, with that user’s privileges. As always, if your users have local administrative privileges, attackers could exploit this vulnerability to gain complete control of their machines.

Solution Path

Microsoft has released new versions of MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger to fix this

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Severity: Medium

11 September, 2007

Summary:

Today, Microsoft released two security bulletins describing vulnerabilities that affect Windows and components shipping with it. A remote attacker could exploit the worst of these flaws to execute code on your Windows 2000 PC, potentially gaining complete control of it. For a table briefly summarizing which vulnerabilities affect which versions of Windows, see Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Summary for September and expand the section, “Affected Software and Download Location.” If you manage a Windows network, you should download, test, and deploy the appropriate Windows patches throughout your network as soon as possible.

Exposure:

Microsoft’s two security bulletins detail vulnerabilities found in, or affecting, components of Windows. Each vulnerability affects different versions of Windows to a different extent. The summary below lists the vulnerabilities from highest to lowest severity. (Note: As we published this alert, Microsoft was having difficulty keeping some of these links active. The bulletins were appearing and disappearing. We trust the problem will be resolved.)

MS07-051: Microsoft Agent Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Win2K

Microsoft Agent is a Windows software component providing user interactions to help people learn how to use their computer. If you recall the irritating animated paperclip character,