Software is an essential part of our online experience. Whether it’s our operating systems, web browsers, or the apps we use daily, software plays a crucial role in our lives. However, with great convenience comes a big responsibility, and one of the most essential aspects of online safety is keeping your software updated regularly. In this blog, we’ll explore the significance of keeping your software up-to-date.
The evolution of the cyber threat landscape highlights the need for organizations to strengthen their ability to identify, analyze, and evaluate cyber risks before they evolve into security incidents. Known unpatched vulnerabilities are often exploited by criminals to penetrate Industrial Control Systems (ICS) environments and disrupt critical operations.
Windows 10, which is still the most widely deployed operating system on desktops, has announced end of support for October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the last version of Windows 10, which means that Microsoft will stop providing support and security updates for that particular version and any vulnerabilities discovered after the EOL (End of Life) date will not be fixed by Microsoft, leaving your operating system, and that of your customers, exposed to security risks.
Software vulnerability patching plays a critical role in safeguarding your code base, software, applications, computer systems, and networks against potential threats, and ensuring they’re compliant, and optimized for efficiency. Organizations’ codebases have become increasingly complex, involving sophisticated relationships between components and their dependencies.
Twenty-five percent: Any idea what this percentage is referring to? Let’s take some wild guesses: A five-year CAGR of your investments? Your yearly salary hike? If any of your guesses were remotely close to these happy responses, we’re sorry to break your heart! This percentage depicts the rise in the number of identified vulnerabilities in 2022 over the previous year. 2022 saw an alarming spike of 25% in identified vulnerabilities, the count rising to 25,227 from 20,171 previously.
