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• The flaw is the third zero-day exploit Google has uncovered this year targeting Chrome users.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
• The new method solves the drug-residue problem because moxidectin, the newer version of ivermectin, has a zero-day withdrawal, at least when used in cattle.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 July 2023
• It has also been reported the breach may be linked to an unpatched Microsoft Exchange zero-day.
  — WIRED, 12 Aug. 2023
• Microsoft suggests the culprits may have paid for details about the zero-day exploit from other hackers, citing one such sale of an ESXi exploit that went for $1.5 million.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 July 2024
• Progress Software disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in its MoveIt file-transfer tool in May.
  — Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023
• There still remains a separate issue, of course, with Qualcomm’s zero-day patch from last month not making it into Samsung’s November release—unlike Pixels.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
• Unlike bug bounties, where security researchers find flaws in companies’ code and then disclose them to the firms to fix for payments, the zero-day market encourages the trade in flaws that can potentially be exploited by the purchasers.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• In the past 17 months, threat actors backed by the North Korean government have targeted developers twice, one of those using a zero-day vulnerability.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 15 July 2024
• Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday security update might have been and gone, but Exploit Wednesday could linger for those users who have not been quick enough to protect their systems against a bunch of zero-day vulnerabilities.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
• Unit 42 said the uptick was due to the massive impact of attacks that exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, which are security flaws that developers have yet to identify.
  — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024
• The discovery of the valuable zero-day exploit, designed to install Predator on iPhones running even the most up-to-date operating system, prompted Apple to push a security update to users on Thursday afternoon.
  — Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• In addition, current processes may have vulnerabilities that are exploited by attackers before clients and vendors know about them, which are called zero-day exploits.
  — Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
• Apple has issued a critical security update for iPhones to address a zero-day bug in iOS 16 that could allow attackers to remotely install spyware on a device without any interaction from the iPhone owner.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2023
• Since zero-day attacks are unpredictable, organizations and vendors rely on Zero Trust defenses to mitigate risks.
  — Brian Gatke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• These elite hackers and security researchers work relentlessly to uncover zero-day vulnerabilities in Google’s products and beyond.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• The campaign was surprisingly well resourced, exploiting multiple zero-day vulnerabilities the hackers appeared to have discovered in Sophos appliances.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
• Out of these 97 zero-day vulnerabilities, 29 were originally discovered by Google’s security researchers.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Sophisticated Cyber Threats: Advanced and sophisticated cyberattacks—including ransomware, phishing and zero-day exploits—require robust defense mechanisms.
  — Mike Kijewski, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Traditional cybersecurity approaches—including firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems—are frequently outpaced by sophisticated threats like polymorphic malware and zero-day exploits.
  — Kunle Fadeyi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Feb 2025