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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

February 2008

Welcome to February'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 7 risk issues: 3 High, 1 Medium and 3 Informational .

Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

(High risk) Vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Flash Player which if exploited could open up a number of well known security risks 1st February 2008 Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft patches one critical and one important issue in January's Patch Tuesday 1st February 2008 Read More

Flaw identified in Apple QuickTime

(High risk) Both Mac and Windows operating systems are believed to be at risk due to a buffer overflow flaw 1st February 2008 Read More

McAfee patches E-Business Server vulnerability

(Medium risk) A flaw found in McAfee E-Business Server may allow an attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code 1st February 2008 Read More

Windows virus may steal bank details

(Informational) Security experts are warning online banking customers about a Windows virus that can steal login details 1st February 2008 Read More

Mozilla confirms data leakage bug in Firefox

(Informational) A vulnerability that may cause fully patched versions of Firefox to expose a user's private data has been confirmed by Mozilla's chief of security 1st February 2008 Read More

New Year phishing scam

(Informational) A new Trojan-laced email tricks recipents into thinking their employer has committed payroll fraud 1st February 2008 Read More

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