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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

July 2007

Welcome to July'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 8 risk issues: 5 High, 1 Medium and 2 Informational .

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Six vulnerabilities were patched in Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday, four of which are classed as critical 2nd July 2007 Read More

Multiple WordPress vulnerabilities found

(High risk) Numerous WordPress flaws have been found, some of which can facilitate Cross-Site Scripting and SQL injection 2nd July 2007 Read More

Norton Personal Firewall buffer overflow flaw

(High risk) A buffer overflaw flaw has been discovered in Norton's Personal Firewall, which could be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system 2nd July 2007 Read More

Two Apple QuickTime vulnerabilities found

(High risk) Two vulnerabilities have been found in Apple's QuickTime, which if exploited, can allow malicious people to compromise a user's system 2nd July 2007 Read More

Two buffer overflow flaws found in Yahoo! Messenger

(High risk) Two highly critical Yahoo! Messenger flaws have been patched after proof-of-concept code was released 2nd July 2007 Read More

OpenOffice worm affects Windows, Mac and Linux

(Medium risk) Malware is circulating that targets OpenOffice documents and is capable of infecting Windows, Mac and Linux platforms 2nd July 2007 Read More

DIY phishing kits facilitate fake sites

(Informational) Nine out of ten new phishing sites in May were created using phishing kits 2nd July 2007 Read More

BBC and Yahoo! hold 'hack day' in London

(Informational) Web developers gathered in mid June for the first BBC/Yahoo! 'hack day' 2nd July 2007 Read More

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