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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 April'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, 1 Medium, 0 Low and 3 Informational.

April 2008

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies four critical flaws in March's Patch Tuesday Read More

Apple issues multiple OS X security patch

(High risk) Apple has issued a major security update for Mac OS X and Safari, which addresses 86 common vulnerability and exposure CVE entries Read More

Multiple vulnerabilities in Sun Java

(High risk) Vulnerabilities found in Sun Java may lead to DoS, bypass certain security restrictions, or to the compromise of a vulnerable system if successfully exploited Read More

Cisco releases first of biannual patch

(Medium risk) Cisco recently announced they were moving to a biannual patch cycle. Cisco has released five updates for their IOS software Read More

Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device

(Informational) Recent BlackBerry testing by NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring the mobile devices correctly Read More

Mozilla adds 900 fixes

(Informational) Mozilla has released Firefox 3, which includes 900 bug fixes Read More

Is your laptop safe when locked?

(Informational) A company has unveiled a tool that can sniff confidential information even when a computer is locked Read More

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