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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

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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