Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down

Every day, billions of people trust digital systems to run everything from communication to commerce to critical infrastructure. But the global early warning system that alerts security teams to dangerous software flaws is showing critical gaps in coverage—and most users have no idea their digital lives are likely becoming more vulnerable. Over the past eighteen months, two pillars of global cybersecurity have flirted with apparent collapse. In …

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down – RamaOnHealthcare

The US system to track vulnerabilities is struggling to keep up with its backlog. Experts are scrambling to assemble alternatives.Every day, billions of people trust digital systems to run everything from communication to commerce to critical infrastructure. But the global early warning system that alerts security teams to dangerous software flaws is showing critical gaps [...]

Cybersecurity’s global alarm system is breaking down – Mnnofa

Cybersecurity practitioners have since flooded Discord channels and LinkedIn feeds with emergency posts and memes of “NVD” and “CVE” engraved on tombstones. Unpatched vulnerabilities are the second most common way cyberattackers break in, and they have led to fatal hospital outages and critical infrastructure failures. In a social media post, Jen Easterly, a US cybersecurity expert, said: “Losing [CVE] would be like tearing out the card catalog …