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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

October 2005

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 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 11 risk issues: 7 High, 1 Medium and 3 Informational .

DoS goes mobile

(Medium risk) A failure in the OS to handle certain filename characters in Bluetooth OBEX transfers may cause a DoS attack on certain models of Nokia mobile phones. 30th October 2005 Read More

Cisco woes

(High risk) The Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and/or Telnet Sessions feature in specific versions of Cisco IOS software is vulnerable to a remotely-exploitable buffer overflow condition. 30th October 2005 Read More

Instant messages may bring instant problems

(Informational) The coming of age of IM viruses. 30th October 2005 Read More

Adware/spyware beware!

(Informational) Adware and spyware programs could face multiple law suits from computer users. 30th October 2005 Read More

Apple fixes flaws

(High risk) Mac OS fixes continue to be released, following a major release in August 2005. 30th October 2005 Read More

Cisco woes

(High risk) The Cisco IOS Firewall Authentication Proxy for FTP and/or Telnet Sessions feature in specific versions of Cisco IOS software is vulnerable to a remotely-exploitable buffer overflow condition. 30th October 2005 Read More

Firefox vulnerability

(High risk) More troubles for the folks at Mozilla Foundation as another vulnerability is found in the popular browser Firefox. 30th October 2005 Read More

More Firefox vulnerability

(High risk) Yet another Mozilla Firefox vulnerability is discovered: IDN "Host:" Buffer Overflow, which allows an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on an affected host. 30th October 2005 Read More

New phish on the block

(Informational) New phishers deceive with phony certificates. 30th October 2005 Read More

Real issues with RealPlayer

(High risk) Serious troubles are brewing in some versions of RealPlayer. Worse, this is purportedly a zero-day exploit as the researcher posted the discovery before a fix was found. 30th October 2005 Read More

Local Vulnerability makes Sun go loco

(High risk) A local vulnerability has been discover on Solaris Xsun and Xprt that may allow Privilege Escalation. 30th October 2005 Read More

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