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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

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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