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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

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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