A new report dives deeper into the current state of the security industry, and how the number of iOS exploits continues to grow
Over the last week, we learned more about a chain of malicious website exploits that targeted iPhone users for years. This evening, a new report from Vice dives deeper into the current state of the security industry, and how the number of iOS exploits continues to grow.
Zerodium, one of the many “vulnerability brokers” out there, announced a new pricing structure that values Android exploits higher than iOS exploits. Android exploits that allow “for the complete takeover” of devices without requiring that the user click on anything are now worth $2.5 million, whereas the same iPhone vulnerability is worth $2 million.
Meanwhile, Zerodium has also decreased the value of a 1-click iOS exploit from $1.5 million to $1 million.
Source: iOS exploits ‘flood’ the security research market, experts say – 9to5Mac