Zero Day Attacks – A Sleeping Disaster

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‘Zero-day attack’ is a phrase used for describing the threat of an unknown security vulnerability in computer software or application that a patch has not been released – or which the app developers were unaware of or didn’t have sufficient time to deal with.

In the case of a Zero-day attack, the vulnerability isn’t known beforehand, and exploits often occur without the knowledge of the users. Following are some of the recent instances:


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