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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

September 2006

Welcome to September'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 10 risk issues: 1 High, 1 Medium, 4 Low and 4 Informational .

Microsoft's August updates

(High risk) Microsoft released its monthly updates on Tuesday 8 August, most of which addressed Windows vulnerabilities 1st September 2006 Read More

McAfee holes patched

(Medium risk) At the beginning of August, McAfee sent out a SecurityCenter 7.0 update to fix flaws discovered in its SecurityCenter software 1st September 2006 Read More

E-passports cracked

(Low risk) A security consultant has shown how to clone electronic passports based on internationally agreed designs due to begin distribution this year 1st September 2006 Read More

HSBC's website security under fire

(Low risk) Researchers say the log-in systems used by HSBC and another major high street bank could be easily cracked by keylogging devices 1st September 2006 Read More

Ransomware getting harder to break

(Low risk) Although the first known ransomware attack happened only months ago, it appears that it's an emerging malware method that is getting harder to break. 1st September 2006 Read More

Yahoo! mail service vulnerability

(Low risk) Hackers may be able to gain access to Yahoo! email accounts by sending a malicious attachment 1st September 2006 Read More

AOL search data leaked

(Informational) AOL recently posted a file containing three months of anonymous search queries of 658,000 American users and then pulled the data down shortly afterwards, following a public outcry 1st September 2006 Read More

NTA nominated for industry award

(Informational) NTA Monitor has been nominated to receive the Communications in Business Editor's Award, which recognises excellence in the provision of products and/or services to UK ICT professionals 1st September 2006 Read More

Over 95% of emails are junk

(Informational) An astonishing 95% of emails are junk and only 1% of net emails can be regarded as legitimate 1st September 2006 Read More

Private investigator arrested at hacker convention

(Informational) A man who attended the Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference in New York in July was arrested before he could even take part in a panel discussion 1st September 2006 Read More

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