Top 5 Cybersecurity Threats Facing Galway SMEs in 2024
As the digital landscape evolves, so do the threats that businesses face. In an era where technology underpins nearly every aspect of business operations, the importance of robust cybersecurity measures cannot be overstated. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Galway are no exception to this reality. These businesses are increasingly becoming targets for cybercriminals, who […]
The Critical Importance of Supporting Open Source Projects: Lessons from the xz Backdoor Incident
On March 29, 2024, software developer Andres Freund discovered a malicious backdoor in the Linux utility xz within the liblzma library, affecting versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1. Released by an account under the name “Jia Tan” in February 2024, this backdoor has raised alarms across the tech community. Although the backdoored version had not yet reached […]
The Importance of Keeping Systems Updated: Insights from the RegreSSHion Vulnerability
On July 1st, 2024, the cybersecurity world was alerted to a significant vulnerability in the OpenSSH software known as RegreSSHion. Discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit, this family of security bugs allows an attacker to remotely execute code and potentially gain root access on machines running the OpenSSH server. Although not easily exploitable, the […]
The Critical Need for Reliable IT Support: Lessons from the CrowdStrike Update Outage
On July 19, 2024, the American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike released a faulty update to its security software, causing widespread disruptions to computers running Microsoft Windows. This incident led to the crash of approximately 8.5 million systems worldwide, marking one of the largest outages in the history of information technology. The fallout disrupted daily life, businesses, […]