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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

November 2007

Welcome to November'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, 3 Medium and 3 Informational .

AOL Instant Messenger flaw

(High risk) A critical security flaw has been identified in AOL Instant Messenger 1st November 2007 Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft has identified four critical and two important issues in October's Patch Tuesday 1st November 2007 Read More

Apple iPhone vulnerabilities patched

(Medium risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apple's new iPhone, which can result in the exposure of sensitive information if successfully exploited 1st November 2007 Read More

Multiple operating systems at risk due to OpenOffice flaw

(Medium risk) OpenOffice version 2.0.4 and earlier versions are vulnerable to maliciously crafted TIFF files, which can be delivered as an email attachment, published on a website or shared using peer-to-peer software 1st November 2007 Read More

Oracle quarterly patches

(Medium risk) Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Update was issued on 16th October and contains 51 security fixes for multiple Oracle products 1st November 2007 Read More

Anti-phishing Phil identifies fraudulent websites

(Informational) Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an interactive online game, starring a little fish named Phil, who teaches people how to easily detect Internet scams 1st November 2007 Read More

Blackjacking not biggest threat to BlackBerrys

(Informational) Recent testing by NTA has found that the danger posed by BlackBerry hijacking, 'blackjacking', is minimal compared to real threats that BlackBerry users may encounter 1st November 2007 Read More

Online fraud is the fastest growing crime

(Informational) The European Commission has found that online scams are the fastest growing type of fraud in Europe 1st November 2007 Read More

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