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Google reveals 'BuggyCow,' a rare macOS zero-day vulnerability

30 points| flenter | 7 years ago |wired.com

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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298515

God damn it Wired, not every security bug is a zero day. The bug was discovered 94 days ago. 0≠94

Zero-day is when a new virus exploits a previously unknown vulnerability. There is no virus, and the vulnerability has been known about for over three months. There is no justification for calling this "zero day" except to beg for clicks and sound cool.

daeken|7 years ago

Zero-day is most generally used in security to mean a bug that is released without a patch. This is a zero day.

duxup|7 years ago

I did not think that there had to be code exploiting a zero day vulnerability in order to be "zero day".

copperx|7 years ago

Mark my words. "Zero day" will become the new term for a vulnerability in mainstream media and eventually the community will adopt the new meaning. Just remember what happened to "hacker."