Wow. If you're any good at hacking, you could make a sh*t-ton of money. Or, if you're looking to bring down entire sites, spend it.
I found this article simultaneously interesting and chilling. A lot of power in some people's hands. This company's clientelle includes the U.S. government.
You know, the Anonymous hacktivists should be rich. I'm sure they could do this stuff.
An attack that can fully, remotely take over a victim’s computer through his or her Safari or Internet Explorer browser, for instance, fetches a price of as much as $50,000. For the harder target of Google Chrome, Zerodium’s price rises to $80,000. Remote exploits that entirely defeat the security of an Android or Windows Phone device go for as much as $100,000. And an iOS attack can earn a hacker half a million dollars, by far the highest price on the list.
Read the rest of the article here - Here’s a Spy Firm’s Price List for Secret Hacker Techniques
I found this article simultaneously interesting and chilling. A lot of power in some people's hands. This company's clientelle includes the U.S. government.
You know, the Anonymous hacktivists should be rich. I'm sure they could do this stuff.
An attack that can fully, remotely take over a victim’s computer through his or her Safari or Internet Explorer browser, for instance, fetches a price of as much as $50,000. For the harder target of Google Chrome, Zerodium’s price rises to $80,000. Remote exploits that entirely defeat the security of an Android or Windows Phone device go for as much as $100,000. And an iOS attack can earn a hacker half a million dollars, by far the highest price on the list.
Read the rest of the article here - Here’s a Spy Firm’s Price List for Secret Hacker Techniques