ZDI Reports 2024 Threat Hunting Achievements and Challenges
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🔎✨ Zero Day Initiative Highlights 2024’s Threat Hunting Achievements and Challenges. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Threat Hunting team reported significant progress in identifying and addressing zero-day vulnerabilities throughout 2024, including notable exploits like CVE-2024-21412 and CVE-2024-38112. The team utilized diverse methodologies to uncover vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild, providing virtual patches to Trend Micro customers ahead of official vendor updates. Key challenges highlighted include narrow patching practices, siloed product teams, and the increasing sophistication of phishing attacks, particularly those leveraging AI technologies. As the team looks ahead to 2025, they emphasize the need for improved communication between software vendors and security researchers to enhance overall cybersecurity resilience.
