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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

November 2006

Welcome to November'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: 3 High, 1 Medium, 3 Low and 3 Informational .

101 Oracle flaws patched

(High risk) 101 flaws have been found in Oracle's database, application server, E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications 1st November 2006 Read More

Multiple Firefox flaws found

(High risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system 1st November 2006 Read More

New Windows flaws patched

(High risk) Numerous holes are found in Microsoft products as new patches cover 10 issues, six of which are critical 1st November 2006 Read More

Cache servers holding onto exploit codes

(Medium risk) It has recently been discovered that some cache servers are holding onto exploit code for two weeks after it's been removed from websites 1st November 2006 Read More

Google releases code search feature

(Low risk) Google has recently released its Beta Code Search, enabling anyone to query a massive database of publicly available source code and filter results based on license and programming language 1st November 2006 Read More

Thousands of US government machines could be infected by bots

(Low risk) Thousands of US government computers may be under the control of cybercriminals. Security vendor Trend Micro has compiled a list of organisations affected 1st November 2006 Read More

Fries with your spyware?

(Low risk) McDonald's is recalling Flash mp3 players given away in Japan after discovering up to 10,000 are loaded with a Trojan, and Apple finds a Windows virus on some of its video iPods 1st November 2006 Read More

British spammer sued by Microsoft

(Informational) A British spammer breaching the terms of Microsoft's Hotmail service has been fined £45,000, which is reportedly the largest civil award against a spammer in Europe 1st November 2006 Read More

iTunes copy protection code cracked

(Informational) At present, iPod users can only download music from iTunes. Now a hacker claims to have cracked the iTunes security code 1st November 2006 Read More

Phishing kits for sale

(Informational) Phishing kits are on sale for as little as £16, arming would-be hackers with exploit codes that take advantage of new, or unknown, vulnerabilities 1st November 2006 Read More

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