Security News > 2021 > September > The Proliferation of Zero-days

One contributing factor in the higher rate of reported zero-days is the rapid global proliferation of hacking tools.

Powerful groups are all pouring heaps of cash into zero-days to use for themselves - and they're reaping the rewards.

Few who want zero-days have the capabilities of Beijing and Washington.

No one we spoke to believes that the total number of zero-day attacks more than doubled in such a short period of time - just the number that have been caught.

You can look at the data, such as Google's zero-day spreadsheet, which tracks nearly a decade of significant hacks that were caught in the wild.

One change the trend may reflect is that there's more money available for defense, not least from larger bug bounties and rewards put forward by tech companies for the discovery of new zero-day vulnerabilities.

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