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Living with threats

1st August 2010 Back in 2004, Bill Gates predicted that spam would be a thing of the past within two years. As we all know now, and quite a lot of people predicted at the time, far from being a solved problem, the volume of spam has continued to increase. Read More

Web application security goes from bad to worse in many sectors

27th July 2010 NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Web Application Security Report analysed the data gathered from web application security tests performed for a wide range of industry sectors over a 12-month period... Read More

IT Managers get to grips with Internet security issues

4th May 2010 According to NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities afflicting organisations has fallen.. Read More

Responsible Patching

1st January 2010 Microsoft's response to the "zero day" exploit that was used in the cyber attacks against Google shows that software vendors still have a lot to learn when it comes to responding to vulnerabilities. Read More

February 2007

Welcome to February'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, 2 Medium and 5 Informational .

Cross site scripting Adobe flaw

(High risk) A vulnerability discovered in Adobe Reader 7.0.8 could permit malicious people to inject arbitrary JavaScript into a browser session 1st February 2007 Read More

No MS patches for zero-day Word flaws

(High risk) Microsoft released its January patches and updates, but without supplying one for zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited 1st February 2007 Read More

Oracle patches 51 flaws

(High risk) Oracle has issued patches for 51 vulnerabilities in various Oracle products 1st February 2007 Read More

Fake emails about recent storms circulate virus

(Medium risk) The recent storms experienced in northern Europe have prompted some spammers to circulate a virus called Small.DAM 1st February 2007 Read More

New Opera flaws discovered

(Medium risk) Two flaws recently discovered in Opera can enable malicious users to gain remote system access 1st February 2007 Read More

Google XSS flaw patched

(Informational) Google has patched a cross site scripting flaw that could permit cross site scripting in Google documents and spreadsheets 1st February 2007 Read More

Hackers look forward to the release of Apple's iPhone

(Informational) Shortly after Steve Jobs announced that Apple's newest product would be the iPhone, hackers started to get excited about what they'd be able to do with it 1st February 2007 Read More

Insecure MI5 email subscription service now secure

(Informational) An investigation into MI5's terror alert emails at the beginning of January discovered that they were not secure, with details apparently being sent unencrypted to a US-based server 1st February 2007 Read More

Majority of organisations unaware of WEEE responsibility

(Informational) According to a recent survey, 74% of organisations are unaware of their obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, which was introduced on 1st January this year 1st February 2007 Read More

Spammers masquerade as hitmen to con victims

(Informational) Spam emails have taken a disturbing new turn, with spammers posing as hitmen in order to extract money from victims 1st February 2007 Read More

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