Rubbish software security patches responsible for a quarter of zero-days last year
Google wants researchers, vendors to stop making attacks easy Share Copy Enigma To limit the impact of zero-day vulnerabilities, Google security researcher Maddie Stone would like those developing software fixes to stop delivering shoddy patches. In a presentation at USENIX's Enigma 2021 virtual conference on Tuesday, Stone offered an overview of the zero-day exploits detected in 2020. A zero-day, she explained for attendees outside the infosec community, refers to an exploit targeting a previously unidentified vulnerability. Zero-day flaws are a problem because they may be exploited ...
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