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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

July 2006

Welcome to July'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 11 risk issues: 1 High, 1 Medium, 4 Low and 5 Informational .

Latest Microsoft updates

(High risk) Microsoft's June security bulletin issued 12 vulnerability updates, 8 of which were critical 3rd July 2006 Read More

Sendmail flaw permits DoS attacks

(Medium risk) A newfound flaw in Sendmail can permit attackers to launch Denial of Service attacks 3rd July 2006 Read More

Australian bank phishing scam

(Low risk) Over 1000 National Australia Bank customers have been targeted by phishers claiming that the NAB is bankrupt 3rd July 2006 Read More

Ransomware code cracked

(Low risk) As highlighted in June's Internet Security News, a nasty piece of ransomware has been circulating. The first UK target was identified at the beginning of June 3rd July 2006 Read More

VoIP concerns grow

(Low risk) Stories are surfacing of rogue VoIP providers, who secretly route calls through third parties 3rd July 2006 Read More

World Cup spyware

(Low risk) Many World Cup-associated websites are full of spyware 3rd July 2006 Read More

61% of organisations have at least one high risk flaw

(Informational) NTA Monitor's 2006 Annual Security Report has discovered that 61% of companies tested have one or more high risk vulnerability in their Internet connections 3rd July 2006 Read More

MySpace users reeled in by phishers

(Informational) Some MySpace users have been targeted by phishers attempting to steal their MySpace account information 3rd July 2006 Read More

Spyware tripled between 2004 and 2005

(Informational) Incidences of spyware have reportedly tripled between 2004 and 2005 3rd July 2006 Read More

Symantec AntiVirus flaw

(Informational) Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition and Symantec Client Security found to be vulnerable to a potential stack overflow, which if exploited, could enable an attacker to crash a system or execute arbitrary code. 3rd July 2006 Read More

Yahoo! worm

(Informational) A mass mailing worm has been circulating through Yahoo!'s email service, which is activated when a victim opens the email 3rd July 2006 Read More

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