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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

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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