three previously unknown iOS vulnerabilities — called “zero days” because Apple didn’t know about them and had zero days to patch them.

IPhone Users Urged to Update Software After Security Flaws Are Found

By NICOLE PERLROTHAugust 26, 2016

http://cn.nytstyle.com/technology/20160826/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch/dual/

Citizen Lab brought in Lookout to help examine the code. Together, they discovered that the spyware relied on three previously unknown iOS vulnerabilities — called “zero days” because Apple didn’t know about them and had zero days to patch them.


“公民实验室”请Lookout来协助研究这些代码。他们在合作中发现，这款间谍软件依赖之前不为人知的三个iOS安全漏洞。它们被叫做“零日”(zero days)，因为苹果不知道它们，没花哪怕一天时间去修复它们。