Update Version Patch Released for Vulnerability in Ahsay Backup

May 27, 2008

Hong Kong

Official Announcement from Ahsay Online Backup

A recent security review uncovered a security vulnerability in AhsayOBM / AhsayACB which could possibly expose login information to hackers in communication under a special condition setup in laboratory.

Ahsay responded to this immediately and a hot fix (5.2.6.3) is now available for public download.

Users are recommended to apply this hot fix to all AhsayOBM / AhsayACB installations using Ahsay auto upgrade agent in their next upgrade.

Please refer to http://forum.ahsay.com/viewtopic.php?t=1283 & http://forum.ahsay.com/viewtopic.php?t=2313 for further instructions on how to obtain and install the hot fix.

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