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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 2009

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 and 4 Informational .

Microsoft Patch Tuesday

(High risk) Microsoft identifies six critical issues, three important issues and one moderate issue in June's Patch Tuesday 1st July 2009 Read More

Apple iPhone / iPod touch multiple vulnerabilities

(High risk) Vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple iPhone and iPod touch 1st July 2009 Read More

Shockwave Player arbitrary code execution vulnerability

(High risk) A vulnerability has been reported in Shockwave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system 1st July 2009 Read More

Google's security questioned

(Informational) Google has been asked to explain why it is not making its Gmail e-mail service more secure 1st July 2009 Read More

Personal data exposed on Royal Mail website

(Informational) Personal data, including the signatures of recipients, has been exposed to those tracking deliveries on the Parcelforce website 1st July 2009 Read More

Viral web infection redirecting Google search results

(Informational) A compromise that is moving virally across websites is making unwitting people who surf to them part of a botnet that redirects Google search results 1st July 2009 Read More

Cyber-security strategy launched

(Informational) Britons face a growing online threat from criminals, terrorists and hostile states, according to the UK's first cyber security strategy 1st July 2009 Read More

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