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The iPhone may be more vulnerable than we thought. A company that buys hacking tools is claiming the market is now "flooded" with exploits that can crack iOS security protections.
Cyber arms dealer Zerodium is known for purchasing attacks on unpatched vulnerabilities in iOS and Android, and then selling access to them to government clients. The company currently offers up to $2 million for exploits that can hack an iPhone without any interaction from the user.
However, the supply for iOS exploits has been getting crowded. "The last few months, we have observed an increase in the number of iOS exploits, mostly Safari and iMessage chains, being developed and sold by researchers from all around the world," Zerodium CEO Chaouki Bekrar told BleepingComputer.
"The zero-day market is so flooded by iOS exploits that we've recently started refusing some [of] them," he added.
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The iPhone may be more vulnerable than we thought. A company that buys hacking tools is claiming the market is now "flooded" with exploits that can crack iOS security protections.
Cyber arms dealer Zerodium is known for purchasing attacks on unpatched vulnerabilities in iOS and Android, and then selling access to them to government clients. The company currently offers up to $2 million for exploits that can hack an iPhone without any interaction from the user.
However, the supply for iOS exploits has been getting crowded. "The last few months, we have observed an increase in the number of iOS exploits, mostly Safari and iMessage chains, being developed and sold by researchers from all around the world," Zerodium CEO Chaouki Bekrar told BleepingComputer.
"The zero-day market is so flooded by iOS exploits that we've recently started refusing some [of] them," he added.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/topic/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security