In terms of hacking, what are zero days?
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Like you’re 5:
Imagine you’re on the playground as a kid, and somewhere behind a fence there is a picnic table with a bucket of candy on it.
A kid or two (these would be your hackers) discover that there is a small hole in the fence hidden in a tree-line.
Before anyone notices that candy has started to disappear from the bucket, the kids are essentially free to come and go as they please, as not only does no one know that the candy is being taken – but no one has a reason to suspect it might be because there is a working fence around it.
These candy filled days prior to the trip to the principals office are your “Zero Days”
Naturally this becomes much more severe when the candy is sensitive data or even finances.
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