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Tech Term: Zero-Day

Tech Term: Zero-Day

You might hear the term “zero-day” when discussing security threats, but do you know what they actually are? A zero-day threat is arguably one of the most devastating and dangerous security issues your business could face, and if you’re not prepared, they could be the end of it.

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WARNING: A New Zero-Day Threat is On the Loose

b2ap3_thumbnail_double_kill_word_doc_400.jpgZero-day threats are some of the most dangerous ones out there. What we mean by “zero day” threats are those that have been discovered by hackers before an official patch has been released by the developers, giving them exactly zero days before they are actively exploited in the wild. One of the more dangerous zero-day threats out there at the moment is one that takes advantage of Internet Explorer.

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ALERT: Make Sure Your Business is Safe from Meltdown and Spectre

b2ap3_thumbnail_meldown_spectre_one_400.jpgIntel recently found itself (once again) in hot water, mere months after many flaws were discovered in the firmware that enables all of their chips to do their job. This time, the issue could have potentially caused a permanent dip in the CPU’s capacity to function properly. This has come to be known as the Meltdown vulnerability.

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ALERT: Major Wi-Fi Vulnerability Discovered - What You Should Know

b2ap3_thumbnail_Alert_Blog_400.jpgA major vulnerability has been discovered that affects everyone that uses Wi-Fi. Key Reinstallation Attack, or KRACK, affects the core encryption protocol that most Wi-FI users depend upon to shield their browsing from others, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2).

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Your Search Bar Is Now More Secure

b2ap3_thumbnail_windows_vulnerability_400.jpgAugust saw yet another Patch Tuesday designed to resolve security issues in Microsoft products. Out of the 48 vulnerabilities resolved, 15 affected Windows, while 25 were rated as critical, 21 as important, and 27 that allowed for remote code execution. This might sound a little overwhelming, so we’ll try to simplify it a bit--a lot of flaws were fixed, and the majority of them can be considered dangerous for your organization.

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