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

September 2006

Microsoft's August updates

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

Yahoo! mail service vulnerability

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

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