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Glossary: Physical and Wireless Vectors, and Vulnerabilities

Zero-day

Also written: zero-day exploit, zero-day window, zero-days

A flaw the vendor doesn't know about or hasn't fixed yet, so no patch exists. Defend with layers, segmentation, least privilege, behavior-based detection and vendor workarounds, then patch fast once a fix appears.

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n-dayExploitDefense in depthLog4ShellUnpatched systemVirtual patch