2021: Record year for zero-day vulnerabilities
The trade in zero-day vulnerabilities and associated exploits is growing rapidly. Mandiant examined the many exploits and summarized the results in a report. China, Russia and North Korea in particular are the major providers of exploits. Zero-day exploits have become so popular among hackers that they have a market of their own. The exploit industry is financially very profitable for criminals, which is why it is constantly growing. Microsoft, Google's Chrome browser - even the big ones are not protected from criminals finding and exploiting security gaps in their systems that were previously unknown...