Tag Archive for: Acquisition

Zimperium Acquisition Program Publishes Exploits for Patched Android Bugs

Exploits for patched Android elevation of privilege vulnerabilities were published through the Zimperium N-Days Exploit Acquisition Program.
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Zero-Day Acquisition Platform Triples iOS 10 Bug Bounty to $1.5 Million – Mac Rumors


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Zero-Day Acquisition Platform Triples iOS 10 Bug Bounty to $ 1.5 Million
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Exploit acquisition platform Zerodium has increased its reward for a successful jailbreak of iOS 10 to $ 1.5 million, far surpassing Apple's recent payout offer for discovering and reporting vulnerabilities in its software. Late last year, Zerodium
A Top-Shelf iPhone Hack Now Goes for $ 1.5 MillionWIRED
Cracking iOS 10 security will net you $ 1.5 millionBGR
Exploit Broker Looking To Pay $ 1.5 Million For iOS Zero-Day ExploitsUbergizmo
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OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data – Threatpost


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OpenDNS Acquisition Gives Cisco Big Security Data
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The topper was the 2013 $ 2.7 billion purchase of Sourcefire, which was followed up by 2014 acquisitions of service provider Neohapsis and malware analysis company ThreatGRID. OpenDNS will be run by David Goeckler, senior vice president of the Cisco …

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Siri mum on Samsung acquisition rumors

Chatter has resumed regarding the possibility that Samsung is trying to purchase Nuance Communications, which unfortunately for Apple owns the technology that powers Siri.

Lacking better sources, I decided to ask Siri directly if this is true.

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Hey, I tried.

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