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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 April'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 9 risk issues: 5 High, 1 Medium, 0 Low and 3 Informational.

April 2007

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 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 Read More

Microsoft skipped March Patch Tuesday

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

Epassport cloned whilst still in its delivery envelope

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

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