Software plays a central role in modern life, from computer operating systems and cell phones to network IT management tools. Unfortunately, many software systems contain vulnerabilities which hackers could exploit to gain entry to data, devices or even institutions such as private and public institutions’ networks. That is why software companies employ employees tasked with hacking into their own products so as to detect and fix flaws before they are exploited maliciously.
Reasons Why Software Update Is Needed
A wide-scale cyber attack targeting Solar Winds’ Orion network IT monitoring and management tool in 2019-2020 impacted numerous large organizations as well as the government. Read about this attack in more detail in this article.
