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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 February'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 7 risk issues: 0 High, 5 Medium, 0 Low and 2 Informational.

February 2005

Experts demonstrate Linux is getting tougher

(Informational) Linux is growing in strength against hacker attempts Read More

Bugs found in Darwin, knock on effect for Mac OS X

(Medium risk) After code analysis, problems found in Darwin have a knock on effect for Mac OSX users Read More

NNTP and spoofing issues for Firefox/Mozilla camp

(Medium risk) Mozilla and Firefox users come under attack of spoofing issues and problems with NNTP Read More

A change in tactics for Microsoft's patching routine

(Medium risk) 2005 brings out Microsoft's first patch train of the year with two critical items patched as well as new technology. Read More

First quarter patch results: 23 patches, both security and non-security

(Medium risk) A new year brings new patch regimes. Oracle's first quarter results show some critical security problems for the company's software. Read More

What do Tetris and Nude pictures have in common?

(Medium risk) Two new worms use nude images and the popular game Tetris to spread themselves around Read More

The 'evil' uses of wireless networking revealed to the public

(Informational) The public are being urged to watch out for fake wireless "hot-spots" posing as genuine access points Read More

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