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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

April 2007

Welcome to April'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 9 risk issues: 5 High, 1 Medium and 3 Informational .

Apple patches multiple OS X vulnerabilities

(High risk) Apple has issued a security update to patch multiple security vulnerabilities, many of which exist in products that are shipped with OS X 2nd April 2007 Read More

Apple QuickTime vulnerabilities

(High risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QuickTime that can permit an attacker to compromise a user's system 2nd April 2007 Read More

Microsoft skipped March Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft missed out March's Patch Tuesday, even though numerous Microsoft flaws remain unpatched 2nd April 2007 Read More

Mozilla issues security updates

(High risk) Mozilla has issued a security update addressing a variety of vulnerabilities that can result in Cross-Site Scripting, spoofing and system access 2nd April 2007 Read More

New WordPress flaw found

(High risk) At the beginning of March, it was discovered that an attacker had modified the download file of the latest version of blogging software WordPress 2nd April 2007 Read More

Trend Micro DoS flaw discovered

(Medium risk) A vulnerability has been found in multiple Trend Micro products that if successfully exploited, could permit attackers to launch a Denial of Service (DoS) attack 2nd April 2007 Read More

Epassport cloned whilst still in its delivery envelope

(Informational) An ePassport has been successfully cloned before being removed from its delivery envelope 2nd April 2007 Read More

Over 45 million TK Maxx customers' credit card details stolen

(Informational) TJX, the US parent company of TK Maxx, has had over 45 million of its customers' credit and debit card details stolen 2nd April 2007 Read More

NTA's Annual Web Application Security Report 2007 is released

(Informational) NTA's Annual Web Application Security Report 2007 has discovered that 90% of UK organisations' websites are insecure 2nd April 2007 Read More

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