Google: Zero-Day Attacks Surged in 2023

An increase last year in the number of zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild was driven in part by spyware vendor activity across the commercial surveillance market and exploitation efforts by espionage groups linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), according to a new Google report.

In 2023, Google researchers observed 97 flaws exploited in the wild, which is up 50 percent from 2022, but still below 2021’s 106 in-the-wild zero days. While exploitation activity has been highlighted across …

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