New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone


A new United Arab Emirates-based startup is offering up to $20 million for hacking tools that could help governments break into any smartphone with a text message.

Advanced Security Solutions launched this month and is now offering some of the highest prices, at least public ones, in the whole zero-day market. Zero-days are flaws in software that are unknown to the affected developer at the time of their discovery. These tools can be highly valuable for hackers, especially those working for law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Read more…
Source: TechCrunch News


Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter
The latest cyber security news and insights delivered right to your inbox


Related:

  • CISA, FBI, and CNMF Release Advisory on Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475

    September 7, 2023

    Today, CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475. This CSA provides information on an incident at an Aeronautical Sector organization, with malicious activity occurring as early as January 2023. CISA, FBI, and CNMF confirmed ...

  • CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    September 7, 2023

    CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 7, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-250-01 Dover Fueling Solutions MAGLINK LX Console ICSA-23-250-02 Phoenix Contact TC ROUTER and TC CLOUD CLIENT Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency  

  • CISA Releases Update to Threat Actors Exploiting Citrix CVE-2023-3519 to Implant Webshells

    September 6, 2023

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an update to a previously published Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Threat Actors Exploiting Citrix CVE-2023-3519 to Implant Webshells. The CSA—originally released to warn network defenders of critical infrastructure organizations about threat actors exploiting CVE-2023-3519, an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting NetScaler (formerly Citrix) Application Delivery ...

  • CISA Releases Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    September 5, 2023

    CISA released two Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 5, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-248-01 Fujitsu Limited Real-time Video Transmission Gear IP series Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency  

  • Rockwell Automation Integer Overflow Vulnerability

    September 1, 2023

    Rockwell Automation’s ThinManager is designed for managing thin clients, mobile devices, cameras, and industrial devices. Comprising both client and server components, the client facilitates device configuration while the server handles data transfer and client requests. To maintain data consistency across the system, ThinManager servers synchronize using messages sent via port TCP/2031. These messages, based on a ...

  • CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    August 31, 2023

    CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on August 31, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-243-01 ARDEREG Sistemas SCADA ICSA-23-243-02 GE Digital CIMPLICITY Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency