Sekirov Dictionary

zero-day

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 2

adjective3

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Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
- Zero-day flaws are a burgeoning commercial field in the underground hacker economy where some gangs work to order for commercial or government clients which want to break into systems. — 2012
•
Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
- If your software is popular and has a high demand, you will want to defend against the "zero-day" cracker. — 2003
•
Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- Back then, having "zero day warez" (brand new cracked games that are not even one day old yet) on your BBS first was a big status symbol. — 2020

noun2

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A vulnerability that has been discovered recently, and is yet unpatched or unmitigated; a zero-day vulnerability.
- New Internet Explorer zero-day exploited in Hong Kong attacks
A day without obligations, where one does not worry about being productive.

forms

zero days · zero-days

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