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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 January'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: 4 High, 0 Medium, 2 Low and 4 Informational.

January 2007

AOL 7.0 flaw

(High risk) AOL 7.x, 8.x and 9.x have a vulnerability that could compromise a user's system if exploited Read More

Microsoft monthly update - two critical flaws unaddressed

(High risk) Seven vulnerabilities were addressed in Microsoft's December security bulletin, three of which were ranked as 'critical' and four as 'important' Read More

Multiple high risk Firefox vulnerabilities

(High risk) Multiple Firefox vulnerabilities have been reported that could facilitate cross site scripting Read More

Yahoo! Messenger buffer overflow flaw

(High risk) A serious security flaw has come to light in Yahoo! Messenger, prompting users to upgrade Read More

Firefox password manager flaw

(Low risk) A flaw has been discovered in Firefox 2.0.0 that if exploited, could facilitate phishing attacks Read More

'Happy new year' worm

(Low risk) New year, new worm. The 'happy new year' worm spreads through malicious attachments Read More

Criminals recruiting IT graduates

(Informational) It has recently transpired that some criminals are grooming young IT students for a life of cybercrime Read More

MySpace passwords surprisingly strong

(Informational) As a result of a recent MySpace phishing attack, users' passwords were revealed to be relatively strong, with 45% including at least one number Read More

Online fraud up 8000%

(Informational) The Financial Services Authority (FSA) recently revealed that online fraud has increased by 8000% over the last two years Read More

UBS logic bomber sentenced

(Informational) A disgruntled former UBS Paine Webber employee caused $3 million worth of damage by unleashing a logic bomb onto the company's network Read More

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