New zeroday startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone | TechCrunch

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News Summary
- 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.
- The company also offers bounties for exploits in various software: $15 million for Android devices and for iPhones; $10 million for Windows; $5 million for Chrome; $1 million for Apple’s Safari and Microsoft Edge browsers.
A new United Arab Emiratesbased 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 launch [+4502 chars]