Security News > 2020 > May > Increased Focus on iOS Hacking Leads to Drop in Exploit Prices
2020-05-19 08:38
The price of some iOS exploits has dropped recently and at least one exploit acquisition company is no longer buying certain types of vulnerabilities.
It also announced that prices for iOS exploit chains that require some user interaction and don't provide persistence will likely drop in the near future.
Alfonso de Gregorio, founder of exploit acquisition company Zeronomicon, confirms that there is a surplus of iOS local privilege escalation exploits.
He says iOS security research has become much more mainstream, with many researchers drawn to it by high exploit prices and an increasing amount of resources to learn from.
"With the increased focus and larger volume of exploits, it isn't surprising to see prices drop for iOS," Ragland said.