Zerodium is paying $2 million for Apple iOS remote jailbreak

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Zerodium, an infosec and premium zero-day acquisition platform known for selling zero-day exploits to governments has announced that it will be paying a huge amount of money to buy iOS remote jailbreak and exploits related to WhatsApp, iMessag… Continue reading Zerodium is paying $2 million for Apple iOS remote jailbreak

Zerodium Offers to Buy Zero-Day Exploits at Higher Prices Than Ever

Well, there’s some good news for hackers and vulnerability hunters, though terrible news for tech manufacturers!

Exploit vendor Zerodium is now willing to offer significantly higher payouts for full, working zero-day exploits that allow stealing of da… Continue reading Zerodium Offers to Buy Zero-Day Exploits at Higher Prices Than Ever

Zerodium offers $2 millions for remote iOS jailbreak, $1 million for WhatsApp RCE

Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium has raised again the payouts it offers for most desktops/servers and mobile exploits. A “zero click” iOS remote jailbreak is now priced at $2 million, a WhatsApp, iMessage, or SMS/MMS remote code execution e… Continue reading Zerodium offers $2 millions for remote iOS jailbreak, $1 million for WhatsApp RCE

You Can Now Get $1 Million for Hacking WhatsApp and iMessage

Companies that buy and sell exploits, or zero-days, are now willing to offer seven figures for hacks that allow spies and cops to steal WhatsApp, iMessage and other chat app messages. Continue reading You Can Now Get $1 Million for Hacking WhatsApp and iMessage

Zerodium offers $2 million for iOS zero-days

A startup company famous for purchasing zero-day exploits is increasing its bounties to anyone who discovers one in Apple operating systems or popular messaging technologies. Zerodium on Monday announced it will pay up to $2 million for remote iOS jailbreaks, $1 million for information that allows remote code execution in WhatsApp, iMessage, or texting apps, and $500,000 for Google Chrome exploits. The bounties are up from $1.5 million, $500,000, and $200,000, respectively. Such price increases are in part a reflection of tighter security in popular technology, Zerodium founder Chaouki Bekrar told CyberScoop in 2017. “The price that Zerodium puts on a product is always an indication of the security of that product; the higher the price, the better is the security of the product,” he said. While many companies offer bug bounties for their own products, Zerodium offers a different service. The Washington-based firm pays for original research that it […]

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Zerodium offers $2 million for iOS zero-days

A startup company famous for purchasing zero-day exploits is increasing its bounties to anyone who discovers one in Apple operating systems or popular messaging technologies. Zerodium on Monday announced it will pay up to $2 million for remote iOS jailbreaks, $1 million for information that allows remote code execution in WhatsApp, iMessage, or texting apps, and $500,000 for Google Chrome exploits. The bounties are up from $1.5 million, $500,000, and $200,000, respectively. Such price increases are in part a reflection of tighter security in popular technology, Zerodium founder Chaouki Bekrar told CyberScoop in 2017. “The price that Zerodium puts on a product is always an indication of the security of that product; the higher the price, the better is the security of the product,” he said. While many companies offer bug bounties for their own products, Zerodium offers a different service. The Washington-based firm pays for original research that it […]

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Pay-Per-Exploit Acquisition Vulnerability Programs – Pros and cons?

As
ZERODIUM starts paying premium rewards to security researchers to
acquire their previously unreported zero-day exploits affecting
multiple operating systems software and/or devices a logical
question emerges in the context of the program’s usefulnes… Continue reading Pay-Per-Exploit Acquisition Vulnerability Programs – Pros and cons?

Security firm uses Twitter to disclose critical zero-day flaw in Tor Browser

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Zerodium, an infosec and premium zero-day acquisition platform tweeted about the flaw in Tor browser on Monday. The infamous exploit vendor and buyer/seller of popular software vulnerabilities, Zerodium has revealed a critical flaw in Tor brow… Continue reading Security firm uses Twitter to disclose critical zero-day flaw in Tor Browser