Software updates may be the single best defense against digital threats. Here's how to stop ignoring them and why it matters.
Every software update alert that pops up on your screen has a backstory — and some of them are pretty dramatic.
“If I have one piece of advice for consumers — whether it’s my mother-in-law or my grandfather or my next-door neighbor — it’s update your software,” says Caroline Wong, chief strategy officer at cybersecurity company Cobalt. Computers — like the one on your desk or the tiny smartphone in your hand — are hardware. The programs that run on them are software.When a software update pops up, it means the software maker has added new features or security fixes that stop bad actors from taking advantage of vulnerabilities in the software. Those vulnerabilities might be weird coding mistakes or just unforeseen paths a hacker could take to worm their way in.
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