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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

March 2009

Welcome to March'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: 4 High and 3 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies two critical issues and two important issues in February's Patch Tuesday 1st March 2009 Read More

Vulnerabilities in Opera

(High risk) A number of vulnerabilities have been reported in Opera 1st March 2009 Read More

Adobe updates Flash

(High risk) Software firm Adobe has published an update to close a handful of flaws in its Flash software 1st March 2009 Read More

Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel

(High risk) A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Excel 1st March 2009 Read More

Cybercrime threat rising sharply

(Informational) Experts have warned the threat of cybercrime is rising sharply 1st March 2009 Read More

Facebook users suffer viral surge

(Informational) Facebook has been targeted by malicious hackers seeking to steal valuable data from members 1st March 2009 Read More

Googles 55 minute crisis

(Informational) All around the world, users of Google were greeted with a message warning that "this site may harm your computer". 1st March 2009 Read More

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