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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

October 2006

Welcome to October'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: 2 High, 2 Medium, 2 Low and 5 Informational .

Highly critical flaws found in Ipswitch IMail Server

(High risk) A vulnerability recently found in multiple versions of IMail Server can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow 2nd October 2006 Read More

Microsoft's latest updates

(High risk) Microsoft's September bulletin issued 3 security updates addressing Windows and Office vulnerabilities 2nd October 2006 Read More

Denial of Service vulnerabilities found in BIND

(Medium risk) Some Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been found in ISC BIND versions 9.2.x and 9.3.x 2nd October 2006 Read More

Sendmail vulnerability

(Medium risk) A vulnerability has been reported in Sendmail that can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service 2nd October 2006 Read More

Apple wireless vulnerability?

(Low risk) An apparent flaw in Apple's wireless functionality has been found and widely criticised - one security expert has even offered to give the flaw finders a new MacBook if they successfully hijack it 2nd October 2006 Read More

Second Life residents' data compromised

(Low risk) At the beginning of September, a hacker broke into a database containing information about 650,000 users of the online game Second Life 2nd October 2006 Read More

19,000 AT&T customers' data compromised

(Informational) 19,000 AT&T customers have had their credit card details compromised by hackers 2nd October 2006 Read More

HP in hot water

(Informational) Hewlett Packard is in trouble after a contractor hired to uncover the source of boardroom leaks to the media allegedly used sensitive information to access phone company computers and get the calling records of nine reporters without authorisation 2nd October 2006 Read More

New Browzar causing controversy

(Informational) A new web browser is available that does not track users' searches or utilise auto-complete 2nd October 2006 Read More

O2 security hole

(Informational) A serious breach on O2's website enabled small business users to view other users' call records 2nd October 2006 Read More

Samsung website was hosting malware

(Informational) Samsung's US website has been hosting malware and nobody knows how long it was there 2nd October 2006 Read More

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