By- Aamir Lakhani, Global Security strategist and researcher at Fortinet. In cybersecurity terminology, an exploit is a bit of code or a program that takes advantage of vulnerabilities or flaws in ...

A vulnerability in certain versions of Internet Explorer that enables a virus to be unleashed by merely viewing a website or an HTML-based email. A MIME header associated with an executable attachment ...

A zero-day exploit is one that takes advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known. This term was viewed 6,559 times.

A malware attack that takes place immediately after a vulnerability is discovered and before a patch is deployed to the OS, Web browser or application. When a vulnerability is discovered by a user, it ...

A zero-day exploit is one that takes advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known. This term was viewed 4,175 times.