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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

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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