​IT Security Tip: What are Zero-Day Vulnerabilities?

​IT Security Tip: What are Zero-Day Vulnerabilities? 
 
In the world of Cyber Security, the term “zero-day vulnerabilities” comes up often.  What exactly does it mean and why do I care about it?  After all, we are a small business and surely not worth anyone’s bother to “hack.”  Nothing can be further from the truth. 
A zero-day vulnerability is a unique weakness in either software or hardware which has not yet been exploited by the hacking community and provides them with a brief window of opportunity to hack your systems before a fix is readily made available to you.  IN other words, it is a hacker’s dream come true. 
 
Why should you care?  Ideally, you shouldn’t.  You should know that we care a tremendous amount and have gone to great lengths to protect you, your employees and customers from just such an exploitation. 
 
Let’s get back to that comment about “not being large enough for a hacker to target you.”  Yes, it is true, governments and large organizations are under a 24/7 barrage of hacking attempts.  What is also true is they spend millions upon millions of dollars every year just to keep up, never mind get ahead of the hackers.  Hacking is a trillion-dollar business.  That is true.  And if you are a hacking concern you are going to look for “soft targets” or the low hanging fruit where you can make a few bucks.  If you hit enough of these singles with small businesses that adds up quickly and you can make a good “living” at it.  They know that most small businesses are too busy to have proper IT security hygiene and take advantage of that fact. 
 
This is one reason all of our clients are monitored 24/7 and scanned continually for probable threats.  If you have a nagging suspicion this isn’t occurring for you, we should talk.
 
Cybercrime is at an all-time high, and hackers are setting their sights on small and medium businesses who are “low hanging fruit.” Don’t be their next victim! To download this free report that reveals the most common ways that hackers get in and how to protect yourself today go to www.packetlogix.com