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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

July 2008

Welcome to July'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 .

Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime

(High risk) Vulnerabilities reported in Apple QuickTime may compromise a user's system if successfully exploited by malicious people 1st July 2008 Read More

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

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

Vulnerability reported in Adobe Reader/Acrobat

(High risk) A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which if successfully exploited may be used to compromise a user's system 1st July 2008 Read More

Vulnerability identified in Skype

(Medium risk) If successfully exploited, a vulnerability reported in Skype may lead to the execution of arbitary code 1st July 2008 Read More

Spammers exploit natural disasters

(Informational) Spammers are exploiting the generosity of others by using recent worldwide tragedies for their own financial gain 1st July 2008 Read More

Stolen information earns hackers millions

(Informational) Citibank, one of the world's largest banks, is reported to have had millions of dollars stolen over the past year 1st July 2008 Read More

Register your own TLD

(Informational) The Internet regulator Icann has unanimously voted in favour of relaxing the rules on Top Level Domain names 1st July 2008 Read More

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