Welcome to March'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: 3 High, 2 Medium, 2
Low and 3 Informational.
March 2006
Multiple vulnerabilities are discovered by Protos test suite
(High risk)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in IKEv1, the protocol used by many products worldwide
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82 unwanted security bugs
(Medium risk)
Updates are available for multiple Oracle products, covering a total of 82 security risks
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Maliciously creative
(Low risk)
Local users can bypass security restrictions to remove files
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How to crash Firefox till the end of history
(High risk)
On 1st February, Mozilla issued Firefox 1.5 updates, classifying the need to update to version 1.5.0.1 as "highly critical"
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Microsoft's February update addresses 9 issues
(High risk)
Microsoft's most recent monthly update was issued on 14th February and covered 7 vulnerabilities, 2 of which were deemed to be highly critical
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Sometimes there's a lot more to 'I love you' than meets the eye
(Low risk)
Malicious Valentine's e-cards and fake dating websites surfaced days before Valentine's Day
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A lot more phish than you think
(Informational)
The Anti-Phishing Working Group has issued its Phishing Activity Trends Report 2005
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Goldilocks burglar bears his identity by going online
(Informational)
A 24-year-old drug abuse centre escapee broke into 5 properties in February and made himself at home
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IE Beta anyone?
(Informational)
IE7 Beta is available but is experiencing mixed reactions
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IBM Notes 6ix flaws
(Medium risk)
Six highly critical Lotus Notes vulnerabilities have been fixed by IBM, all of which related to file attachments
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