Related
Software updates can be a mixed bag.
They add new features and fix issues, but they can bring new bugs as well.
However, with security vulnerabilities becoming more common, it’s time to stop.
ThisCybersecurity Awareness Weekarticle is brought to you in association withIncogni.
Fun fact: the Steam game launcher has supported automatic updatessince its inception in 2003.
Microsoft currently hasfour pre-release channelsfor Windows 11: Canary, Dev, Beta, and Release Preview.
Software is made by humans (or AIs trained on human work), and humans make mistakes sometimes.
Mandiant, a threat intelligence company now owned by Google,tracked 246 vulnerabilities between 2021 and 2022.
That’s an increase from previous years, and 62% of those were zero-day exploits.
Thankfully, companies are getting better at fixing security issues in a timely manner after they are discovered.
In fact, 101 zero-days were patched within the first week of exploitation being first known."
The security vulnerabilities aren’t getting better in 2023.
Apple supports two or three major versions of macOS and iOS/iPadOS at any given time.
