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 ...
An attack against a computer or network that is performed only to prove that it can be done. A proof-of-concept exploit generally does not cause harm but shows how a hacker can either breach a network ...
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.