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I thought the term 0-day was meant to indicate a exploit conceived of and executed before even a full day had passed from the release of the software being atta
by knome 18y ago
I thought the term 0-day was meant to indicate a exploit conceived of and executed before even a full day had passed from the release of the software being attacked. It seemed to come from the game/software cracking scene where the sooner you crack it the more credential you get. It seems to be getting used to mean "new" or "previously unknown to anti-virus writers" or something relatively mundane. Certainly nothing to do with a "0th day" anything, unless I missed something in the link.
- utnick 18y agoIn hacking circles I believe it means an exploit for a bug that a patch does not currently exist for, or maybe the bug isn't even publicly known.
- Jem 18y agoI thought so too. I did wonder if it's being labelled as 0day because a different patch was released yesterday (but surely that would only work if the patch was directly related to the latest exploit?) Of course, I could just be over-analysing.
- tlrobinson 18y ago"A zero-day (or zero-hour) attack or threat is a computer threat that tries to exploit unknown, undisclosed or patchfree computer application vulnerabilities." "The term zero-day can also be used to describe warez-group releases of pirated software on or before the release of the software." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-Day_Attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-Day_Attack I think "zero-day attack/exploit" is basically a euphemism for "oh shit, didn't see that one coming"