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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

September 2007

Welcome to September'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: 2 High, 1 Medium, 1 Low and 4 Informational .

Highly critical Symantec flaws found

(High risk) Two flaws have been found in a variety of Symantec programs, which can permit malicious attackers to gain system access 3rd September 2007 Read More

Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Six critical and three important issues have been patched in the latest Microsoft advisory, fixing flaws in programs including Internet Explorer and Excel 3rd September 2007 Read More

Buffer overflow flaws in HP OpenView products

(Medium risk) Vulnerabilities have been found in various HP OpenView programs, which can enable malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system 3rd September 2007 Read More

NTA Monitor finds Symantec VPN flaw

(Low risk) NTA Monitor has discovered a username enumeration vulnerability in Symantec's Enterprise Firewall. When Symantec's Enterprise Firewall is configured for remote access (client-to-gateway) VPN using pre-shared key (PSK) authentication, it responds differently to valid and invalid usernames 3rd September 2007 Read More

House of Lords demands security improvements

(Informational) A report issued by the House of Lords has made recommendations such as introducing a central web-based e-crime reporting system and the introduction of security breach notification laws, in a bid to improve Internet security 3rd September 2007 Read More

Internet bankers not concerned about fraud

(Informational) Lloyds TSB has recently published results of a survey it recently conducted, which reveals that many people using Internet banking aren't bothered about fraud 3rd September 2007 Read More

Leak of Facebook's code amplifies security concerns

(Informational) As some of Facebook's code is published online, concerns are raised about the security of social networking websites 3rd September 2007 Read More

UN website targeted by hackers

(Informational) The UN's website has been defaced by hackers, forcing officials to take some pages offline 3rd September 2007 Read More

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