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Understanding the zero days

Posted on March 7, 2022 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

PATCH WATCH

By Susan Bradley

What do attackers go after?

If you take a look at the known, exploited vulnerability listing as put out by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, you’ll find that the list is long and confusing. Even if you cut it down to just Microsoft and Apple, it’s still a bit overwhelming, to say the least.

I’m going to focus on two bugs, to showcase differences in how the attacks occur on Windows and Apple and what the attackers are going after.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.10.0 (2022-03-07).

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