Cybersecurity Glossary: Exploit

Definition
As one of several types of breach, an exploit is a type of attack that takes advantage of software bugs or vulnerabilities, which cybercriminals use to gain unauthorized access to a system and data. These vulnerabilities lie hidden within the code of the system and it’s a race between the criminals and the cybersecurity researchers to see who can find them first. 

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