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Living with threats

1st August 2010 Back in 2004, Bill Gates predicted that spam would be a thing of the past within two years. As we all know now, and quite a lot of people predicted at the time, far from being a solved problem, the volume of spam has continued to increase. Read More

Web application security goes from bad to worse in many sectors

27th July 2010 NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Web Application Security Report analysed the data gathered from web application security tests performed for a wide range of industry sectors over a 12-month period... Read More

IT Managers get to grips with Internet security issues

4th May 2010 According to NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities afflicting organisations has fallen.. Read More

Responsible Patching

1st January 2010 Microsoft's response to the "zero day" exploit that was used in the cyber attacks against Google shows that software vendors still have a lot to learn when it comes to responding to vulnerabilities. Read More

April 2006

Welcome to April'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: 4 High, 2 Low and 3 Informational .

Artificial intelligence chatbots spreading spyware

(Low risk) Some AI clones are downloading spyware onto users' machines 3rd April 2006 Read More

New Mac OS X flaws published

(High risk) Three new high level risks in Apple OS X have come to light, which can cause buffer overflow and malicious code execution 3rd April 2006 Read More

Flash Player flaws can enable remote code execution

(High risk) Flash Player has vulnerabilities that can enable remote code execution, affecting multiple versions 3rd April 2006 Read More

Google's Desktop 3 Beta is available

(Low risk) Google's Desktop 3 has a flaw relating to the storage of shared information 3rd April 2006 Read More

Interpol pushes for international legislation to punish cybercriminals

(Informational) By introducing international legislation, Interpol says that cybercriminals will be dealt with more effectively 3rd April 2006 Read More

Most frequently occurring IPsec VPN security risks identified

(Informational) IT is the most vulnerable sector to attackers targeting VPNs 3rd April 2006 Read More

Microsoft's latest flaws are published

(High risk) Seven new Microsoft flaws have come to light, the majority of which are classified as 'critical' 3rd April 2006 Read More

Flaw found in sendmail permits arbitrary code execution

(High risk) Sendmail, the dominant mail server on the Internet, has a flaw that can allow program modification and deletion 3rd April 2006 Read More

London's Square Mile gets wi-fi

(Informational) By the beginning of September, those working in or visiting the City of London will be able to access the Internet anywhere and anytime they choose to. Will sensitive data be compromised? 3rd April 2006 Read More

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