Question

_______ are deadly exploits where the vulnerability is known and found by cyber-criminals but not known and fixed by the owner of that application or company.

(a) Unknown attacks

(b) Secret attacks

(c) Elite exploits

(d) Zero-day exploits

I had been asked this question during an interview.

My question is taken from Hacking Terminologies in section Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) Zero-day exploits

Easy explanation: Zero-day exploits are used to attack a system as soon as cyber-criminals came to know about the weakness or the day the weaknesses are discovered in a system. Hackers exploit these types of vulnerabilities before the creator releases the patch or fix the issue.