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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

February 2006

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 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 9 risk issues: 5 Medium, 2 Low and 2 Informational .

New virus set to wipe out multiple files on 3rd February

(Medium risk) Nyxem-E has infected over 700,000 systems as measured using a counter web site used by the worm to track itself 1st February 2006 Read More

AOL's online photo album service reveals vulnerabilities

(Medium risk) You've Got Pictures can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow 30th February 2006 Read More

ISPs told to help to eradicate Sober worm

(Informational) Some say that infected PCs should be cut off from the Internet by their service providers, as they are in the best position to identify infected users 30th February 2006 Read More

Mobile phone Trojans start to circulate

(Low risk) Bootton.E, Pbstealer.D and Sendtool.A were first spotted in mid January and currently appear to have a low infection rate 30th February 2006 Read More

PDFdirectory vulnerability permits SQL injection attacks

(Medium risk) Those using and updating a printable PDF directory could find themselves suffering SQL injection attacks 30th February 2006 Read More

Spammer is fined $11 billion

(Informational) The US government is taking spamming seriously as one spammer is fined $11 billion and banned from using the Internet for 3 years 30th February 2006 Read More

Mozilla Thunderbird attachment vulnerability

(Medium risk) .exe and .lnk file attachments can be spoofed in Mozilla Thunderbird if the email attachment is not displayed correctly 30th February 2006 Read More

Cross site scripting attack possible in Trac's wiki processor

(Medium risk) Trac discovers a cross site scripting vulnerability in its wiki processor when viewed using Internet Explorer or Opera 30th February 2006 Read More

Windows XP and 2000 permits automatic WiFi connections searching

(Low risk) Automatic 'hotspot' searching on wireless PCs could permit attackers to connect to a peer-to-peer network 30th February 2006 Read More

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