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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

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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