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

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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 […]

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Phone unlocking firm Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing startup Corellium for $170M

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Cellebrite, a company that makes forensic equipment for unlocking smartphones, said it is acquiring mobile testing startup Corellium for $170 million in cash, with $20 million converted to equity at closing. The Israel-headquartered Cellebrite said the deal would help with the “accelerated identification of mobile vulnerabilities and exploits.” Much of Cellebrite’s technology relies on using

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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits

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Operation Zero, a company that acquires and sells zero-days exclusively to the Russian government and local Russian companies, announced on Thursday that it’s looking for exploits for the popular messaging app Telegram, and is willing to offer up to $4 million for them. The exploit broker is offering up to $500,000 for a “one-click” remote

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