Top 10 Cyber security Vulnerabilities
Intel Corp is a leader in the tech world of cyber security and uncovers an average of 245 new computer related threats daily. The experts at Intel have developed a Threat Dashboard that lists all the current threats, vulnerabilities, ransomware, exploit kits and campaigns of which their experts are aware that are designed to nefarious invade electronic devices for the purpose of stealing valuable personal and confidential information.
Intel has determined the following to be the Top 10 Vulnerabilities of which computer users everywhere need to be aware:
Cyber security vulnerability list:
CVE-2017-0038
A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows could allow remote hackers to gain access to sensitive information. The flaw exists in the Graphics Device Interface (gdi32.dll), which hackers can exploit using an EMF file. The EMF file format is an extension of the spool file format, Enhanced MetaFile, which Windows uses for reading, filing, storing, and printing documents.
Uncovering CloudFlare Vulnerability: Cyber Security Risks and Customer Data Exposure
Cyber security researchers discovered a vulnerability affecting websites that use CloudFlare, a content delivery network that sits between the computer user and their internet host. The vulnerability could result in possible memory leaks that expose private customer information, posing a serious risk to website users’ sensitive data
CVE-2016-1019
This cyber security vulnerability affects Adobe Flash Player, a popular freeware used for accessing internet applications, viewing multimedia, and streaming audio and video. Remote hackers can exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service, application crash, and/or execute arbitrary code using unspecified vectors. As such, it poses a serious cybersecurity risk to users of the software
CVE-2016-4117
This vulnerability also affects Adobe Flash Player’s by enabling remote code execution.
CVE-2016-0189
This vulnerability allows remote hackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service or memory corruption in Microsoft JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, which are used in Internet Explorer’s versions 9 through 11 and other products.
CVE-2016-7200
Microsoft Edge’s Chakra JavaScript engine is affected and allows remote hackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service or memory corruption using a “crafted” website which are those built for purposes of carrying out a cyber attack.
CVE-2017-0037
Cybersecurity experts have identified a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer that could lead to remote code execution. The flaw is related to the “HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement” and could potentially be exploited by remote attackers. It poses a significant cybersecurity risk to users of the browser.
CVE-2016-7201
Microsoft Edge’s Chakra JavaScript is affected with this vulnerability and allows remote hackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service or memory corruption using a crafted website.
CVE-2016-7288
This vulnerability also affects Microsoft Edge and could result in execution of arbitrary code or a denial of service and the flaw lies within the scripting engines that are exploitable using crafted websites.
CVE-2017-0016
This vulnerability causes memory corruption in Microsoft Windows applications and could result in a denial of service with the flaw lying in mrxsmb20.sys and the way SMB traffic is handled.
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