security holes
Exploitable software flaws
Security holes are vulnerabilities in software, networks, or systems that allow unauthorized access or attacks.
The term treats digital infrastructure like a physical barrier—a hole is where protection fails.
Security professionals work to find and patch these holes before malicious actors exploit them: The update addresses several critical security holes.
- wormLimbless soil invertebrate
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- privilege escalationGaining unauthorized higher permissions
- breachBreaking of agreement
- data breachUnauthorized access to protected information
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- code problemstech debt, technical debt, code smell, spaghetti code, bugs
security holessecurity measures
Precautions against threats
firewalls · safeguards · security patches · protections · defenses
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