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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 August'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: 7 High, 1 Medium, 1 Low and 1 Informational.

August 2005

A light load on the MS Patch Train

(High risk) the regular MS Patch Train is carrying just 3 passengers this month. 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. 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. 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? 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. 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. Read More

A light load on the MS Patch Train

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

49 Oracle patches, but still not enough

(High risk) 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. Read More

This monkey is slippery

(High risk) Firefox slips up through Greasemonkey flaw Read More

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