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60% of UK website tests revealed Internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

10th April 2008 60% of web application tests performed for UK organisations showed that their websites contain weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities Read More

Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device

28th February 2008 Recent BlackBerry testing by IT security consultancy, NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring these mobile devices correctly Read More

Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list

13th November 2007 With British consumers spending more than £6.6 billion online in the last two months of last year, the 2007 festive season is set to be one of great cheer for online retailers Read More

Businesses warned not to have skeletons in cupboards

13th November 2007 For many organisations, the festive season is an opportunity to heave a corporate sigh of relief and enjoy the brief respite in frenetic business activity as countless people all over the world, go home to celebrate Christmas Read More
Welcome to March'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: 3 High, 0 Medium, 0 Low and 4 Informational.

March 2008

Multiple vulnerabilities found in Mozilla Thunderbird

(High risk) Multiple flaws have been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird which if successfully exploited may lead to a number of well known security risks Read More

Vulnerabilities found in VMware virtualization products

(High risk) Two vulnerabilities found in VMware software may be used to run multiple versions of an operating system on a single computer Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft indentifies six critical and five important flaws in February's Patch Tuesday Read More

Disk encryption can still be hacked

(Informational) A team including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has discovered a security flaw in everyday disk encryption technologies Read More

Adobe releases Air

(Informational) Adobe Air allows users to access certain online applications offline Read More

If stolen, this laptop will self-destruct...

(Informational) A British company has invented new software which will help try and prevent the rise in laptop crime Read More

The number of malicious programs online reaches an all time high

(Informational) Various security firms have reported that there were five times as many different malicious programs in circulation in 2007 compared with 2006 Read More

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