Zero-day attacks exploit unknown vulnerabilities often through malware. These covert cyberattacks can greatly damage healthcare organizations, as they manipulate flaws in systems as soon as they’re identified, leaving no time for patches. Mitigation includes web-application firewalls, runtime application self-protection agents, network segmentation, and vigilance in following guidance on emerging threats. Whilst taking mitigative action can be challenging, not doing so can lead to data breaches, service interruption and potential harm to patients.

WhatsApp’s New Advanced Chat Privacy Feature to Protect Sensitive Conversations
WhatsApp has introduced “Advanced Chat Privacy,” enhancing user control over conversation confidentiality. This feature prevents participants from exporting chat histories, automatically downloading media, and using