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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 May'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, 0 Medium, 2 Low and 2 Informational.

May 2007

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Roxio's CinePlayer

(High risk) Roxio's CinePlayer contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, which if exploited, could permit malicious users to execute arbitrary code on affected machines Read More

Critical Linux wifi flaw found

(High risk) A critical Linux wifi flaw has been discovered that can enable attackers to gain remote control of a machine, even when it is not on a wifi network Read More

Microsoft resumes Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft has resumed Patch Tuesday, after having omitted the monthly bulletin in March. Six flaws have been fixed in the latest patch update, five of which are critical and one important Read More

Yahoo! Messenger buffer overflow flaw

(High risk) A highly critical buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Yahoo! Messenger, which if successfully exploited, could result in system compromise Read More

Oracle patches 37 vulnerabilities

(High risk) Oracle has issued patches for 37 vulnerabilities in its database and e-business suite as well as JD Edwards and PeopleSoft products Read More

Multiple Cisco wireless vulnerabilities patched

(Low risk) Cisco has released a security bulletin addressing multiple vulnerabilities found in its Wireless Control System prior to version 4.0.96.0 Read More

Skype IM worm on the loose

(Low risk) The Pykse-A worm is spreading through Skype IM sessions, masquerading as a link to an adult website Read More

MP has keylogger installed by six year old

(Informational) Guildford MP Anne Milton agreed to leave her computer unattended for 60 seconds as part of a test of House of Commons' IT security by the BBC's Inside Out programme. It took a six year old girl just 15 seconds to install a keylogger onto the PC Read More

WEP encryption cracked in three seconds

(Informational) It has been reported that 128-bit WEP encryption can now be cracked in just three seconds Read More

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