The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

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The ability to run commands or malicious code on an affected system, often because of a security vulnerability in the system’s software.

A zero-day is a specific type of security vulnerability that has already been discovered or exploited, but that the vendor who makes the affected hardware or software has been given no time (or “zero days”) to fix the problem.

It’s worth noting that “unauthorized” is a broadly used term and often used by companies subjectively, and as such has been used to describe malicious hackers who steal someone’s password to break in through to incidents of insider access or abuse by employees.

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Author / Journalist: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Zack Whittaker

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesIndiaMali

Topics: Data breach Cybersecurity Evergreen Cyberattacks Security

Source Website Secure: Yes (HTTPS)

News Sentiment: Negative

Fact Checked: Legitimate

Article Type: News Report

Published On: 2024-09-22 @ 12:30:00 (1 weeks ago)

News Timezone: GMT -5:00

News Source URL: techcrunch.com

Language: English

Article Length: 2332 words

Reading Time: 13 minutes read

Sentences: 119 lines

Sentence Length: 20 words per sentence (average)

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