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However, the year was somewhat better than the record-breaking 2021, when 106 zero-days were abused.

Last year, most hackers focused on third-party components and libraries.

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As targets, enterprise entities grew even more popular, and more varied last year.

This increase was fueled mainly by the exploitation of security software and appliances, Google added.

The report also argues that nation-states are more interested in exploiting zero-days than financially motivated hacking groups.

This was more than we were able to attribute to any other state, Google concluded.

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