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

September 2007

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read More

UN website targeted by hackers

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

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