Unpatched systems leave Indian businesses exposed to cyber exploits: Kaspersky

According to new data from global cybersecurity and privacy firm Kaspersky, vulnerabilities in business networks continue to leave Indian enterprises open to cyberattacks. From January to June 2025, Kaspersky enterprise solutions blocked over 7.3 lakh exploit attempts targeting organizations in India — averaging more than 4,000 per day.

Exploits are malicious programs that take advantage of bugs or security flaws in software or operating systems to gain unauthorized access. When left unpatched, these vulnerabilities become entry points for cybercriminals.

Globally, during Q2 2025, the most common exploits targeted unpatched Microsoft Office products, according to Kaspersky’s findings. The top vulnerabilities detected on the Windows platform included:

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• CVE-2018-0802 and CVE-2017-11882: Remote code execution flaws in Microsoft’s Equation Editor component.

• CVE-2017-0199: A vulnerability in Microsoft Office and WordPad allowing attackers to take control of systems.

The report noted that the top 10 most exploited vulnerabilities spanned both new zero-day ...