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zero-day exploit

A malware attack that takes place immediately after a vulnerability is discovered and before a patch is deployed to the OS, Web browser or application. When a vulnerability is discovered by a user, it often winds up on one or two blogs, and the news travels fast. If only the software vendor becomes aware of it, the tendency is to keep the problem under wraps until a patch has been created to fix it. However, in many cases, vendors announce the flaw so that users can steer clear of the infected website, application or email attachment. See exploit.

2021 - A Banner Year
According to MIT Technology Review, there were at least 66 serious zero-day exploits by October 2021, more than double that of 2020. While alarming, researchers also commented that newer safeguards were better at actually detecting more exploits, making it a good sign.
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After their investigation, Citizen Lab were able to determine that the links would have lead to a chain of zero-day exploits which would have remotely jailbroken Mansoor's iPhone 6 and installed spyware.
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Zero-Day and Other Exploits: A zero-day exploit is a vulnerability in a software product that allows an attacker to execute unintended code or gain control of a target computer.
Attackers who are aware of the vulnerability can quickly develop a zero-day exploit, a piece of code that exploits an unknown vulnerability to silently download malware onto the user's PC, and embed the exploit in a webpage or email attachment.
Oraclereleased Java 7 Update 11last Sunday as an emergency security update in order to blocka zero-day exploit used by cybercriminalsto infect computers with malware.
Key words: cybercrime, advanced persistent threat, network attacks, IT security, zero-day exploit
Any nation state with sufficient expertise and resources could develop the means of cyber attack.' What really worries IT professionals and the military are attacks that use 'zero-day exploits' 'A zero-day exploit is an attack on a particular vulnerability which is unknown to the target's developer or user community,' says Fafinski.
Microsoft issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer and said a patch is forthcoming.
The company launched an investigation after discovering that an intruder could use a 'Zero-Day Exploit' through software used on the site's servers to access the Second Life databases.
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Asigra was acknowledged for its zero-day exploit protection of backup data with bi-directional ransomware detection and compliance with General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) Articles 6, 17, 25, and 32.
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