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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

August 2008

Welcome to August'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: 2 High, 1 Low and 3 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies four important issues in July's Patch Tuesday 1st August 2008 Read More

Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory

(High risk) Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Update was issued on 15th July and contains 45 security fixes for multiple Oracle products 1st August 2008 Read More

Vulnerability in Apple Safari

(Low risk) A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Safari, which may be used to bypass certain security restrictions if successfully exploited 1st August 2008 Read More

Inboxes full due to spam experiment

(Informational) McAfee's spam experiment comprised of 50 people from around the world to surf the Internet without spam filters 1st August 2008 Read More

DNS flaw discovered

(Informational) Dan Kaminsky discovered a critical DNS flaw that may affect every website 1st August 2008 Read More

Information released on how to travel for free on the London underground

(Informational) A Dutch court rules in favour of publishing details on how to copy the Oyster card 1st August 2008 Read More

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