From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 1 Threat Management
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Zero-days and the APT
From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 1 Threat Management
Zero-days and the APT
- [Instructor] Many attacks take place because an organization fails to applies security patches. Leaving them vulnerable to an attacker who knows how to exploit a vulnerability. The fix for that situation is simple. Organizations should apply security updates as soon as they are available from operating system and application vendors to fortify their systems against attack. Unfortunately, it's not always possible to protect yourself from every possible vulnerability because not all vulnerabilities are known. Consider, for example, that modern operating systems literally contain millions of lines of code. There's no doubt that lurking in that massive amount of code there are new security vulnerabilities that the security community simply hasn't discovered yet. Those vulnerabilities can expose an organization to risk. When a security researcher discovers a new vulnerability they typically handle it in an ethical and…
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