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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

April 2009

Welcome to April'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: 5 High and 2 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

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

Vulnerabilities in Sun Java

(High risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java 1st April 2009 Read More

Security Risks in Cisco IOS

(High risk) Flaws have been reported in Cisco IOS 1st April 2009 Read More

Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Browser

(High risk) Mozilla's security team is rushing out a fix for its flagship Mozilla browser 1st April 2009 Read More

Vulnerability in PowerPoint

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

New National Fraud Reporting Centre

(Informational) The UK is embarking on a plan to develop a reporting system, the National Fraud Reporting Centre 1st April 2009 Read More

Researchers find way to detect Conficker

(Informational) Members of the Honeynet Project have discovered a way to detect machines compromised with the widespread Conficker worm 1st April 2009 Read More

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