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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 July'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 8 risk issues: 5 High, 1 Medium, 0 Low and 2 Informational.

July 2007

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday

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

DIY phishing kits facilitate fake sites

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

BBC and Yahoo! hold 'hack day' in London

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

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