Global digital services, from airlines to healthcare and finance, were disrupted due to an outage caused by a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The outage affected critical operational software across various industries, leading to significant backlogs that are expected to take days to resolve. The incident has raised concerns about dependency on a few technology firms, and highlighted the need for better backup and contingency systems.
Securonix Threat Labs 2024 Annual Autonomous Threat Sweeper (ATS) Intelligence Insights
2024 saw the evolution of cyber threats, with attacks on widely-used technologies like VPNs, advanced phishing campaigns, and exploitations of cloud services for malware distribution.
