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Living with threats

1st August 2010 Back in 2004, Bill Gates predicted that spam would be a thing of the past within two years. As we all know now, and quite a lot of people predicted at the time, far from being a solved problem, the volume of spam has continued to increase. Read More

Web application security goes from bad to worse in many sectors

27th July 2010 NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Web Application Security Report analysed the data gathered from web application security tests performed for a wide range of industry sectors over a 12-month period... Read More

IT Managers get to grips with Internet security issues

4th May 2010 According to NTA Monitor's 2010 Annual Security Report, the average number of Internet security vulnerabilities afflicting organisations has fallen.. Read More

Responsible Patching

1st January 2010 Microsoft's response to the "zero day" exploit that was used in the cyber attacks against Google shows that software vendors still have a lot to learn when it comes to responding to vulnerabilities. Read More

June 2008

Welcome to June'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: 2 High, 1 Medium and 4 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies three critical and one moderately critical flaw in May's Patch Tuesday 1st June 2008 Read More

Debian issues update for OpenSSL

(High risk) The update fixes some vulnerabilities, which may cause a DoS or potentially compromise a vulnerable system, if exploited by attackers 1st June 2008 Read More

Multiple vulnerabilites found in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

(Medium risk) Vulnerabilities in Altiris Deployment Solution may allow an attacker to gain elevated priviledges or remotely execute code 1st June 2008 Read More

Trojan disguised as music file

(Informational) Thousands of people who use file-sharing networks to swap and download music have been tricked into installing a Trojan which may compromise the safety of their PC 1st June 2008 Read More

Flaws in shopping cart software

(Informational) A study conducted in fourteen countries and on 350 cardholders found that flaws which exist in the shopping cart software increase the risk of data thefts 1st June 2008 Read More

Google to blur European faces

(Informational) European privacy campaigners are concerned with Google's Street View, which they plan to launch this side of the Atlantic later in the year 1st June 2008 Read More

'Big Brother' society

(Informational) The governement is trying to help fight crime and terrorism by proposing a database that will hold every phone call, email and website hit 1st June 2008 Read More

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