Cybersecurity threats have become a consistent aspect of everyday life online. From massive security breaches to individual malware installations, people, businesses, and government bodies need to be vigilant online if they hope to protect the swaths of data in their control. Unfortunately, sometimes all you can do is update your software and hope nothing nefarious has happened to your data. Because as this Microsoft Windows security threat has shown, there’s only so much you can when it comes to relying on these reputable software providers. Simply put, from the sounds of it, this vulnerability is pretty serious. Dubbed the Zerologon vulnerability, this security flaw was rated the maximum ten out of ten in terms of how dangerous it could be to your network, a rating similarly not thrown around lightly by the DHS. The bug was discovered by Secura, a cybersecurity company, which pointed out that exploiting takes “about three minutes in practice,” which means that taking action sooner rather than later is imperative to keeping your organization safe online. You don’t need to hire a cybersecurity team, you don’t need to shell out the big bucks to close the vulnerability. All you have to do is update your software. Don’t overthink it. Truthfully, if you want to keep yourself safe online, there are lots of ways to do it. Password managers, antivirus software, and VPNs will do the trick, given the right circumstances. But there are few easier, more comprehensive ways of staying safe online than regularly updating your software. So get on it!
