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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

December 2005

Welcome to December'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 15 risk issues: 9 High, 3 Medium, 1 Low and 2 Informational .

Avaya VPNRemote VPN Client Password Disclosure vulnerability

(Low risk) NTA Monitor has discovered a password disclosure issue in the Avaya VPNRemote VPN client 30th December 2005 Read More

Cisco Security Alert

(High risk) A locally exploitable vulnerability in various Cisco CSA products has been reported by the French security firm FrSIRT. 30th December 2005 Read More

Flaws in Ethereal

(Medium risk) Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ethereal 30th December 2005 Read More

Overhaul for Firefox

(Medium risk) Firefox 1.5 is now available for download, marking the end of a thriving year for the browser. 30th December 2005 Read More

Google Mini Search Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities

(High risk) Multiple flaws have been discovered in Google's Mini Search Appliance 30th December 2005 Read More

ISAKMP Flaws in Symantec products

(Medium risk) While testing against a range of nearly 5000 potential ISAKMP vulnerabilities, Symantec uncovered a buffer overflow flaw that affects some of its products. 30th December 2005 Read More

ISAKMP advisory

(Informational) CERT-FI and NISCC have released a joint advisory disclosing multiple vulnerabilities in implementation of the ISAKMP Protocol 30th December 2005 Read More

Apple's iTunes 6 vulnerability

(High risk) A critical vulnerability has been found in some versions of Apple's popular iTunes that could allow attackers to remotely take over a user's computer. 30th December 2005 Read More

Keyloggers

(Informational) The stealthy world of keyloggers 30th December 2005 Read More

Lotus Domino

(High risk) Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in IBM's Lotus Domino and Lotus Domino Web Access, which could result in Denial of Service attacks. 30th December 2005 Read More

Microsoft Patch Train

(High risk) A lone passenger on the regular MS Patch Train this month. A critical one though. 30th December 2005 Read More

Opera Flaw

(High risk) The security firm Secunia has reported a vulnerability in Opera, which can be exploited by people to compromise a user's system. 30th December 2005 Read More

phpBB flaw

(High risk) Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in the popular Open Source bulletin board package phpBB. 30th December 2005 Read More

QuickTime

(High risk) Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime have been reported that could result in Denial of Service to System Access. 30th December 2005 Read More

SCO OpenServer update for Multiple Packages.

(High risk) SCO has issued a maintenance pack for OpenServer that fixes various vulnerabilities. 30th December 2005 Read More

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