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That doesn't necessarily mean that there is not a zero day available for Windows 7 or that hackers don't have access to those systems in some way. The good zer
by Ographer 3y ago
That doesn't necessarily mean that there is not a zero day available for Windows 7 or that hackers don't have access to those systems in some way.
The good zero days are found by or sold to governments or elite independent hacking groups working on an international level. They tend to be more interested in targeted attacks against specific individuals or organizations.
Once a zero day is leaked to the public, typically it is quickly adopted by botnet operators to take advantage of un-patched systems.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoThat's mostly a lot of fantasy "what ifs" and a nothing-burger for everyone else in the real world. If you know yourself to be a potential target for governments zero days, then you probably won't be running Windows 7 anymore. If you're an important asset and still running Windows 7 on-line when free upgrades to Windows 10 were available in the last 8 years, you should fire your sys-admin as even bottom of the barrel Wallmart laptops sell with Windows 11 for over a year now.
- Ographer 3y agoThat's exactly how people end up the victim of a ransomware attack. It's not worth it unless you really don't care about your computer and attached storage. I'm not a government agent but I'm still not risking it on my personal computer. Once a zero day is leaked online, it becomes the most powerful weapon to getting into a given system. Even when Microsoft races to put out a patch, millions of systems can be compromised first. It has happened before so it's not so hypothetical.