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A WhatsApp zero-day exploit can cost several million dollars

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The surveillance market is literally exploding, intelligence agencies, law enforcement bodies and zero-day brokers are competing to buy exploits that can allow them to compromise devices and apps. Unlike other zero-day brokers, such as Zerodium and Exodus Intelligence , Operation Zero focuses on the Russian market.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 455 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.