{"id":189996,"date":"2022-05-23T06:33:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=189996"},"modified":"2022-05-23T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T05:34:00","slug":"cyber-attack-enable-automatic-updates-on-anti-virus-products-to-prevent-vulnerabilities-says-ncc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/23\/cyber-attack-enable-automatic-updates-on-anti-virus-products-to-prevent-vulnerabilities-says-ncc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber-attack: Enable automatic updates on anti-virus products to prevent vulnerabilities, says NCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that enabling automatic update features for AVAST and AVG anti-virus applications could prevent cyber vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by the commission&#8217;s computer security incident response team (CSIRT) via a\u00a0statement issued signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC&#8217;s director of public affairs.<\/p>\n<p>NCC said the vulnerabilities in AVAST and AVG anti-virus apps can lead to millions of devices being attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The commission, however, advised consumers to always enable automatic update features to stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>NCC has been vocal about the increasing rate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/08\/fg-reacts-to-hacking-of-bet9ja\/\">cyber-attacks<\/a> in recent times.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">It said the latest advisory is part of efforts to keep Nigerians safe on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AVAST and AVG Antiviruses can lead to attacks on millions of devices with high impact in terms of consequences to the ICT user,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat types as a result of this vulnerability are bypass authentication, remote code execution and unauthorised access while consequences range from privilege escalation, bypass security products, overwrite system components and corrupting the operating system.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cAccording to CSIRT, researchers at SentinelOne security firm have discovered two potentially damaging vulnerabilities in AVAST and AVG antivirus products that allow attackers to escalate privileges enabling them to disable security products, overwrite system components, corrupt the operating system, or perform malicious operations unimpeded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cTwo vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2022-26522 and CVE-2022-26523 targeted the \u201canti rootkit\u201d driver of Avast antivirus (also used by AVG) allowing an attacker with limited privileges on the targeted system to execute code in system mode (kernel mode) and take complete control of the device. Moreover, the vulnerabilities allow complete take-over of a device, even without privileges, due to the ability to execute code in kernel mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cHowever, the cybersecurity centre has offered tripartite measures that should be taken by Internet\/ICT users to prevent being vulnerable to cyber threats. They include enabling automatic update features for AVAST and AVG antiviruses, upgrading AVAST and AVG antiviruses to version 22.1.2504, as well as carrying out regular patch management.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that enabling automatic update features for AVAST and AVG anti-virus applications could prevent cyber vulnerabilities. This was made known by the commission&#8217;s computer security incident response team (CSIRT) via a\u00a0statement issued signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC&#8217;s director of public affairs. 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