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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 May'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 6 risk issues: 3 High, 0 Medium, 0 Low and 3 Informational.

May 2008

Multiple vulnerabilities in Safari

(High risk) Vulnerabilities have been reported in Safari, which if exploited may lead to malicious people conducting cross-site scripting attacks or compromising a user's system Read More

Oracle quarterly patches

(High risk) Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Update was issued on 16th April and contains 41 security fixes for multiple Oracle products Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies five critical and four important flaws in April's Patch Tuesday Read More

Poor website code leads to exploitation from hackers

(Informational) Experts say that Web designers who are making very old mistakes are potentially letting hackers hijack visitors to their own sites Read More

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

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

HSBC uses new software to validate website

(Informational) As phishing threats continue to increase, HSBC will begin to use software that will visually demonstrate that its websites are genuine in an attempt to help prevent customers becoming victim to these online scams Read More

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