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Exodus Intelligence Offers Hackers Up to $500,000 for iOS Zero Day Vulnerability

Posted August 10, 2016 at 2:20pm by iClarified · 13254 views
Exodus Intelligence is now offering hackers up to $500,000 for an iOS zero-day vulnerability, far more than Apple is offering through its new Security Bounty Program.

Apple's program will only pay hackers up to $200,000 for discovering vulnerabilities in its software and hardware.

A Zero-Day vulnerability is a flaw that has not been fixed by the application provider allowing an attacker access to protected information. Exodus works with the research community to find these attacks first and make them available to security vendors and enterprises, allowing them to deploy defenses before their adversaries can attack.

In addition to Zero-Day vulnerabilities, Exodus also acquires exploits for patched vulnerabilities (N-Days). More details at the link below...

Read More [via Verge]