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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

May 2006

Welcome to May'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 8 risk issues: 4 High, 1 Medium and 3 Informational .

Microsoft

(High risk) Microsoft's latest updates is released and Trojan circulating disguised as Microsoft patch 2nd May 2006 Read More

Mozilla flaws

(High risk) Multiple flaws have been found in Mozilla, the most serious of which could enable a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system 2nd May 2006 Read More

Oracle flaws patched

(High risk) More than 30 vulnerabilities have been patched in multiple Oracle products 2nd May 2006 Read More

RealPlayer

(High risk) Invalid chunk size heap overflow vulnerability found in RealNetworks RealPlayer and Helix Player 2nd May 2006 Read More

Banking tokens intercepted

(Medium risk) A new Trojan has been discovered that can intercept security tokens used by customers of two large German banks 2nd May 2006 Read More

Banking security tokens

(Informational) HSBC follows in the footsteps of Lloyds TSB and issues its business customers with security token devices 2nd May 2006 Read More

Debit card fraud

(Informational) Debit card fraud is growing and one bank has blocked the use of several hundred debit cards after instances of data theft emerge 2nd May 2006 Read More

Mobile phone spyware

(Informational) New mobile phone spying software is labelled as malware 2nd May 2006 Read More

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