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[Gilbert E. Detillieux]

On 2022-01-19 12:04 p.m., eh at eduardhiebert.com wrote:
> Lastly, forgive my lack of knowing, what does "zero-day attack" mean?

Essentially, an attack that exploits a brand-new vulnerability, either 
before it has been disclosed, or on the day of disclosure (hence 0-day). 
  The key point being that it's a vulnerability for which there likely 
is not yet an update, patch, or even a mitigation strategy.

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_(computing)

Gilbert

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