Kaspersky: Unpatched systems expose Indian businesses to exploits

Latest data from the global cybersecurity and privacy company Kaspersky revealed existing vulnerabilities in business networks continue to leave Indian enterprises exposed to possible cyberattacks.

More than seven lakh (7,34,526) of exploits targeting organizations in India were blocked by Kaspersky enterprise solutions from January to June 2025, just a little over 4,000 a day, on average.

Exploits are a type of malicious program designed to take advantage of bugs or vulnerabilities in software or operating systems to gain unauthorized access. When left unpatched, these weak points serve as open doors for cybercriminals.

Globally in Q2 2025, the most common exploits targeted vulnerable Microsoft Office products that contained unpatched security flaws, according to another Kaspersky report. Kaspersky solutions detected the most exploits on the Windows platform for the following vulnerabilities:

• CVE-2018-0802: a remote code execution vulnerability in the Equation Editor component
• CVE-2017-11882: another remote code execution vulnerability, also ...