Understanding and stopping 5 popular cybersecurity exploitation techniques

From helpnetsecurity.com

With more than 550,000 new malware samples being discovered every day, closing the security gaps that enable these cyberthreats to access systems should be a priority for organizations. Unfortunately, many are leaving themselves needlessly exposed to risk.

Exploits are often associated with zero-day attacks that take advantage of vulnerabilities not yet known to the software provider, which means there are no patches yet available. A study by Google revealed there were 24 zero-days vulnerabilities exploited by attackers in 2020.

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