Nation-state threat actors often discover vulnerabilities and hold on to them until they want to launch a sophisticated attack. The Stuxnet attack was an unprecedented style of attack because it used

The correct answer is A. zero-day. Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm believed to be a jointly built American-Israeli cyber Exploiting four zero-day flaws, Stuxnet functions by targeting machines using the Microsoft Windows operating system and networks, then seeking out Siemens Step7 software. https://en.wikipe

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Nation-state threat actors often discover vulnerabilities and hold on to them until they want to launch a sophisticated attack. The Stuxnet attack was an unprecedented style of attack because it used four types of vulnerability. What is this style of attack called?

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Azero-day
Bzero-hour
Czero-sum
Dno-day

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C
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D
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Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm believed to be a jointly built American-Israeli cyber Exploiting four zero-day flaws, Stuxnet functions by targeting machines using the Microsoft Windows operating system and networks, then seeking out Siemens Step7 software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

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#zero-day vulnerability#Stuxnet#advanced persistent threat#exploit chaining

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