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posted by martyb on Saturday May 16 2020, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the missed-your-chance dept.

Zerodium Temporarily Stops Purchasing iOS Exploits Due to High Number of Submissions

Zerodium this week announced that it will not be purchasing any iOS exploits for the next two to three months due to a high number of submissions. In other words, the company has so many security vulnerabilities at its disposal that it does not need any more.

Zerodium is an exploit acquisition platform that pays researchers for zero-day security vulnerabilities and then sells them to institutional customers like government organizations and law enforcement agencies. The company focuses on high-risk vulnerabilities, normally offering between $100,000 and $2 million per fully functional iOS exploit.

Also at The Register and Wccftech.

Previously: Zero-Day Broker Publishes a Price Chart for Different Classes of Digital Intrusion
Exploit Vendor Drops Tor Browser Zero-Day on Twitter


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by leon_the_cat on Saturday May 16 2020, @12:30AM

    by leon_the_cat (10052) on Saturday May 16 2020, @12:30AM (#994821) Journal

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerodium [wikipedia.org]

    latest news from their front page
    Apr 17, 2020 - We are always looking for Linux local privilege escalation exploits for CentOS or Debian. The exploit must allow privilege escalation to root from a standard user and must work with x64 systems with a default configuration.

    Wonder how much they sell to organized crime?

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