August 2006
Welcome to August'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:
2 High, 2 Medium, 2 Low and 2 Informational .
Debian issues patches for Firefox flaws
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High risk)
Debian has issued an update for Mozilla Firefox, fixing 13 vulnerabilities
1st August 2006
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Microsoft's July 'Patch Tuesday'
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High risk)
Microsoft's July security update addresses five 'critical' vulnerabilities
1st August 2006
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A bug for every day in July
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Medium risk)
HD Moore, who created security tool Metasploit Framework, declared that he would publish a new bug for every day in July on his blog
1st August 2006
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OpenOffice security holes patched
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Medium risk)
Three vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenOffice, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1st August 2006
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Financial Trojan
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Low risk)
A worrying new potential Trojan called DNSChanger.eg can redirect website visitors to fake financial sites, even if they type in the correct URL
1st August 2006
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Voice phishing attacks
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Low risk)
Customers of the Santa Barbara Bank & Trust in America, along with PayPal customers throughout the world, have recently been targeted by phishers who email them prompting them to call a number to verify their account details
1st August 2006
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NTA's ike-scan one of the most popular network tools
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Informational)
Ike scan is among the 100 favourite network tools
1st August 2006
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Proof-of-concept cross-platform virus found
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Informational)
A new proof-of-concept virus has come to light that creates malicious code to infect Linux and Microsoft Windows
1st August 2006
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