Welcome to January'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 7 risk issues: 4 High, 0 Medium, 0
Low and 3 Informational.
January 2008
Apple patches QuickTime bug
(High risk)
Apple has patched a QuickTime security flaw that was first identified in November 2007
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday
(High risk)
Microsoft patches three critical and four important issues in December's Patch Tuesday
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Vulnerability discovered in Skype
(High risk)
A vulnerability identified in Skype may compromise a user's system if exploited by malicious people
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OpenOffice releases update
(High risk)
A flaw reported in OpenOffice may be exploited by malicious people in order to compromise a user's system
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Ask questions user privacy
(Informational)
Search engine Ask has launched AskEraser, which allows users to immediately delete search queries usually stored on the servers
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1.09pm - the minute thousands were spent
(Informational)
Internet Christmas shoppers don't seem to have been put off by the growing concern of online fraud
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Share your insight with Knol
(Informational)
Google has announced Knol, a website that will rival Wikipedia, the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet
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