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Will IE6 be the next NT4?

1st October 2009 All penetration testers will remember the long tail of Windows NT 4.0, and how this operating system continued to be used long past the point when security updates stopped at the end of 2004. For many years the presence of an unpatchable NT4 server was a common issue in a penetration test report, and it is only now, almost five years after security support ended, that finding an NT4 system on a network is becoming a rare event. Read More

One in four web applications susceptible to high risk security flaws

7th September 2009 NTA Monitor has reported a 10% increase in the total number of web applications found to have at least one high-risk security issue... Read More

Organisations facing a changing threat landscape

20th July 2009 According to NTA Monitor's 2009 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities is on the rise... Read More

The Return of the Insider Threat

1st July 2009 When NTA started security testing twelve years ago, the main focus was on the insider threat. There were many reports with statistics showing that most security breaches were due to insiders. By contrast there was very little focus on the external threat via Internet and third-party network links. Back then many companies did not even have a firewall. Read More

April 2008

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 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 .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies four critical flaws in March's Patch Tuesday 1st April 2008 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 1st April 2008 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 1st April 2008 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 1st April 2008 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 1st April 2008 Read More

Mozilla adds 900 fixes

(Informational) Mozilla has released Firefox 3, which includes 900 bug fixes 1st April 2008 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 1st April 2008 Read More

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