It seems that the old model of cyber-attacks, involving peer-to-peer virus infection, is becoming increasingly ineffective as anti-virus companies step up their game, causing nogoodniks to rely on search results, websites, and zero-day attacks.

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Just as important, the platform will host exploits only for known vulnerabilities, not so-called zero day exploits--new attacks for which software companies haven't yet issued fixes.

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Meanwhile, a big offering on tap is FireEye, a leader focusing on next-generation threat protection, focused on stopping advanced malware and zero-day and persistent attacks that bypass traditional cyber defenses.

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Flexibility is required on multiple levels and requires network software to be changed rapidly in the face of so-called Zero Day attacks, i.e.

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History has shown us that, in time, these attacks will use zero-day vulnerabilities, exploits or a combination of techniques.

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