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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

January 2007

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 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: 4 High, 2 Low and 4 Informational .

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 8th January 2007 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' 8th January 2007 Read More

Multiple high risk Firefox vulnerabilities

(High risk) Multiple Firefox vulnerabilities have been reported that could facilitate cross site scripting 8th January 2007 Read More

Yahoo! Messenger buffer overflow flaw

(High risk) A serious security flaw has come to light in Yahoo! Messenger, prompting users to upgrade 8th January 2007 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 8th January 2007 Read More

'Happy new year' worm

(Low risk) New year, new worm. The 'happy new year' worm spreads through malicious attachments 8th January 2007 Read More

Criminals recruiting IT graduates

(Informational) It has recently transpired that some criminals are grooming young IT students for a life of cybercrime 8th January 2007 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 8th January 2007 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 8th January 2007 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 8th January 2007 Read More

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