[H]omer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Microsoft investigates new Office zero-day flaw
>
> I don't know who coined the phrase "zero-day flaw", but AFAICT it's
> nonsense.
>
> The term "zero-day" refers to an *exploit* or *warez* released on the
> *same day* as an official software release.
Not necessarily. It is also used as a moniker for exploits for bugs which
are either just discovered or which are not even "officially" known.
Lots of the windows malware is of that type, and MS with their
idiotic "patch-day" leaves weeks or even month open for the malware to do
its deeds
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Microsoft: The company that made email dangerous
And web browsing. And viewing pictures. And...
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