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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

May 2008

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 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 6 risk issues: 3 High and 3 Informational .

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 1st May 2008 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 1st May 2008 Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

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

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