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Monday, November 25, 2019

What is a zero day vulnerability?

What is a zero day vulnerability?

  • A hole in software that is unknown to the vendor
  • A vulnerability exploited after it has been patched
  • An attack by a programmer on a vulnerability in their own code.
  • An attack on the very first day of a product's release


What is a zero day vulnerability?

EXPLANATION

A zero day vulnerability refers to a hole in software that is unknown to the vendor.
In a zero day attack, this security hole is exploited by hackers before the vendor becomes aware of the problem and patches it.

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