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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

December 2007

Welcome to December'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: 3 High, 2 Medium and 3 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft has patched one critical and one important issue in November's Patch Tuesday bulletin 1st December 2007 Read More

Apple patches multiple QuickTime flaws

(High risk) Seven vulnerbilities have been identified in Apple's QuickTime, which if exposed may lead to attackers remotely executing malicious code 1st December 2007 Read More

Vulnerabilities reported in AOL Radio

(High risk) AOL radio buffer overflow may allow remote users to execute arbitrary code 1st December 2007 Read More

Flaw identified in McAfee E-Business Server

(Medium risk) A flaw has been identified in McAfee E-Business Server which may compromise a vulnerable system if exploited by malicious people 1st December 2007 Read More

Vulnerability found in Oracle database

(Medium risk) A flaw has been identified in Oracle database 10g, but a patch will not be issued until January 1st December 2007 Read More

Has Apple changed its IT spots?

(Informational) On 26th October, Apple unleashed Leopard, its latest Mac OS X operating system 1st December 2007 Read More

Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list

(Informational) In the last two months of 2006, British consumers spent more than £6.6 billion online and during 2007 this figure is due to increase 1st December 2007 Read More

This Christmas businesses are warned not to have any skeletons in their cupboards

(Informational) During the festive period, companies who choose to operate with a skeleton staff may need to be extra vigilant about security 1st December 2007 Read More

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