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60% of UK website tests revealed Internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

10th April 2008 60% of web application tests performed for UK organisations showed that their websites contain weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities Read More

Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device

28th February 2008 Recent BlackBerry testing by IT security consultancy, NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring these mobile devices correctly Read More

Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list

13th November 2007 With British consumers spending more than £6.6 billion online in the last two months of last year, the 2007 festive season is set to be one of great cheer for online retailers Read More

Businesses warned not to have skeletons in cupboards

13th November 2007 For many organisations, the festive season is an opportunity to heave a corporate sigh of relief and enjoy the brief respite in frenetic business activity as countless people all over the world, go home to celebrate Christmas Read More
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 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 11 risk issues: 1 High, 1 Medium, 4 Low and 5 Informational.

July 2006

Latest Microsoft updates

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

Sendmail flaw permits DoS attacks

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

VoIP concerns grow

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

World Cup spyware

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

MySpace users reeled in by phishers

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

Spyware tripled between 2004 and 2005

(Informational) Incidences of spyware have reportedly tripled between 2004 and 2005 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. 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 Read More

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