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Vulnerability Windows CVE-2010-2568 remains the most used in the world | Cyberops

Vulnerability Windows CVE-2010-2568 remains the most used in the world

By Prempal Singh 0 Comment April 25, 2017

One of the vulnerabilities of Microsoft Windows operating systems used at the time to spread the Stuxnet worm, which was aimed at Iran’s nuclear program. In 2015 and 2016, this vulnerability has remained the most widely used, despite the fact that the patch was released a few years earlier, according to Kaspersky Lab.

In 2015, 27% of users of Kaspersky lab products, which are faced with exploits, were the objectives of attacks on Windows CVE-2010-2568 critical vulnerability. In 2016, this figure fell to 24.7%, but still remained the leading vulnerability. It is activated by connecting a USB-stick to your computer. The second most popular exploit Ruth gives access to the Android smartphone, in 2015 it accounted for 11% of attacks, in 2016 15.6%.

Windows vulnerability was publicly disclosed in July 2010, a few days before the release of information about the worm Stuxnet. It is in functions that work with .LNK files, their Windows uses to display icons when you connect the stick to your computer. If there is to hide malicious code, the flash drive can automatically infect a computer, even if AutoRun is turned off. The possibility of self-replication, and no, depending on the access network did this vulnerability ideal for use on stand-alone computers. The patch was released in August 2010.

Attacked Users 2015 2016 Year to Year Change
Browsers 23,10,118 15,38,443 -33.4%
Windows 16,95,340 13,29,888 -21.56%
Android 6,72,609 7,50,716 +11.61%
Java 4,57,824 2,54,561 +23.01
Flash 2,06,945 2,54,561 +23.01%
Office 1,80,953 3,67,167 +102.91%
Reader 1,20,581 30,431 -74.76%

The first use of this vulnerability is dated 2008, a group of hackers Equation Group has applied it to spread Fanny worm. All over the world from it eventually hit more than 100 thousand computers.

The report also contains statistics Kaspersky Lab, according to which the number of cyber attacks using exploits in 2016 increased by 24.5% to 702 million. The number of users of Kaspersky lab products that have undergone at least one attack decreased by 20.9% to 4, 3 million. Browsers, Windows, Android, and Oracle Java framework become targets of attacks most often, the number of exploits for them amounted to 1.5 million. 1.3 million., 750 716 and 226 852 respectively. The number of exploits for Microsoft Office doubled to 367167. From 2010 to 2016, cybercriminals used exploits for more than 80 vulnerabilities.

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