On occasion the team at GroupSupport may reference a “Zero Day Vulnerability” or “Zero Day Exploit”, and although these words also appear in the media not everyone knows what that means.
The term vulnerability is used for when software, operating systems, programs and code have unknown bugs, issues or flaws that are in the current versions (meaning software that is in use by the public).
As a part of normal processes, developers have systems to check for these flaws, but not every scenario can be tested which means some software is flawed in areas not yet discovered.
An exploit occurs when an out outside party (we call them Black Hats) identifies an issue in the software and is able to write code to exploit that flaw.
Once the software vulnerability is exploited, the public or the developer become aware of the exploit – and then it is a race to get the fix (or patch / software update) complete before systems become compromised.
Sometimes the Black Hat has been able to exploit the issue before the developer could take action to fix it, these are referred to as “Zero Day” events as the developer has had no time to resolve the issue. Ie there are Zero days warning for the software to be at risk.
Referring to a “Zero Day” event as an MSP means our team has become aware of an exploit that needs action to mitigate against, prevent or monitor closely until a patch is available depending upon the seriousness of the vulnerability.
Just one of the things GroupSupport do to look after your systems, while you focus upon what you do best. For more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the team on 08 9277 1768.
