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60% of UK website tests revealed Internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

10th April 2008 60% of web application tests performed for UK organisations showed that their websites contain weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities Read More

Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device

28th February 2008 Recent BlackBerry testing by IT security consultancy, NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring these mobile devices correctly Read More

Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list

13th November 2007 With British consumers spending more than £6.6 billion online in the last two months of last year, the 2007 festive season is set to be one of great cheer for online retailers Read More

Businesses warned not to have skeletons in cupboards

13th November 2007 For many organisations, the festive season is an opportunity to heave a corporate sigh of relief and enjoy the brief respite in frenetic business activity as countless people all over the world, go home to celebrate Christmas Read More
Welcome to October's edition of Internet Security News, the monthly risks bulletin detailing the latest Internet software and system vulnerabilities from NTA Monitor, a leading Internet security testing company. It provides a convenient way to keep up to date with the fast changing world of Internet security; this month's edition includes a total of 10 risk issues: 0 High, 4 Medium, 1 Low and 5 Informational.

October 2004

Prevention is better than cure to combat extortion threats

(Medium risk) The growing prevalence of extortion attacks calls for a fundamental rethink in how companies approach their security, warns specialist Internet security testing firm, NTA Monitor. Read More

Who said search engines are only useful for one thing?

(Informational) Hackers are using search engines to watch what people photocopy. Read More

Problems are afoot with the Greek gods, and those named after them

(Medium risk) Multiple vulnerabilities in Kerberos prompt security review and updates Read More

I'll help you, if you can get me integrated with you

(Informational) A study finds 1 in 10 corporate PCs will suffer problems with the latest Windows update Read More

You write these things, and now you want a job?

(Low risk) Latest MyDoom variant contains a message asking for employment with Antivirus companies Read More

First it was a simple picture, now it infects your machine

(Medium risk) A vulnerability being spread in JPEG files has caught Microsoft red-handed over how these files are processed by many of MS's applications Read More

Oracle's maiden patch train emerges, but is it too late?

(Medium risk) 34 patches for Oracle's first monthly update to their software Read More

'Click here to remove yourself'

(Informational) Clicking to remove yourself from a mailing list could leave you open to attack Read More

Users are again blamed for virus problems

(Informational) Users not patching/updating their systems are to be blamed for all the recent virus activity Read More

Wi-Fi Networks lose WPA but gain WPA 2

(Informational) WPA has been succeeded by WPA2, offering tougher encryption Read More

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