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Will IE6 be the next NT4?

1st October 2009 All penetration testers will remember the long tail of Windows NT 4.0, and how this operating system continued to be used long past the point when security updates stopped at the end of 2004. For many years the presence of an unpatchable NT4 server was a common issue in a penetration test report, and it is only now, almost five years after security support ended, that finding an NT4 system on a network is becoming a rare event. Read More

One in four web applications susceptible to high risk security flaws

7th September 2009 NTA Monitor has reported a 10% increase in the total number of web applications found to have at least one high-risk security issue... Read More

Organisations facing a changing threat landscape

20th July 2009 According to NTA Monitor's 2009 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities is on the rise... Read More

The Return of the Insider Threat

1st July 2009 When NTA started security testing twelve years ago, the main focus was on the insider threat. There were many reports with statistics showing that most security breaches were due to insiders. By contrast there was very little focus on the external threat via Internet and third-party network links. Back then many companies did not even have a firewall. Read More

August 2005

Welcome to August's edition of Internet Security News, the monthly risks bulletin detailing the latest Internet software and system vulnerabilities from NTA Monitor, a leading IT security testing company. It provides a convenient way to keep up to date with the fast changing world of IT security; this month's edition includes a total of 10 risk issues: 7 High, 1 Medium, 1 Low and 1 Informational .

A light load on the MS Patch Train

(High risk) the regular MS Patch Train is carrying just 3 passengers this month. 30th August 2005 Read More

The fight over a slice of the China market hots up: MS vs Google

(Informational) The search giant Google is accused of poaching a top Microsoft executive to run its newly expanded Chinese operation. 30th August 2005 Read More

vulnerability in Avaya/HP-UX

(Medium risk) Avaya system products using HP-UX is vulnerable to a Remote Denial of Service attack. There isn't a patch available at the time of writing but there is a work-around to mitigate this vulnerability. 30th August 2005 Read More

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchman?)

(High risk) You rely on Cisco Security Agent (CSA) a network security software agent that provides threat protection for server and desktop computing systems, but who ensures that the CSA works the way it should? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 30th August 2005 Read More

Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

(High risk) a busy month for the folks at Mozilla Foundation as they roll out the latest version of the popular web browser Firefox version 1.0.5. 30th August 2005 Read More

A new tune from iTunes

(Low risk) A new instant messaging worm that masquerades as Apple's iTunes application and drops adware on infected Windows PCs has been found. 30th August 2005 Read More

A light load on the MS Patch Train

(High risk) The regular MS Patch Train is carrying just 3 updates this month. 30th August 2005 Read More

49 Oracle patches, but still not enough

(High risk) 30th August 2005 Read More

Phishing gets personal Spear Phishing

(High risk) There is a new game in town, and it's called Spear Phishing - a variation of the Phishing attack. 30th August 2005 Read More

This monkey is slippery

(High risk) Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw 30th August 2005 Read More

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