

Kaz
- Dec 23, 2017
The Zero-Day Threat
In the world of computing, a “zero-day” attack is a software problem that puts people in immediate danger. It gets its name because the software developers who are combating the problem have zero days before the problem is imminent—as in, it’s happening right now, and every second that passes could bring another wave of destruction. Usually, zero-day attacks happen when software developers find a bug in a popular program. For example, let’s say one day Apple discovers that