Hackers Selling Vista Zero-Day Exploit
Researchers at Trend Micro infiltrate an underground exploit marketplace and find a Windows Vista zero-day attack for sale for $50,000.
The Windows Vista exploit—which has not been independently verified—was just one of many zero-days available for sale at an auction-style marketplace infiltrated by the Tokyo-based anti-virus vendor.
In an interview with eWEEK, Trend Micro's chief technology officer, Raimund Genes, said prices for exploits for unpatched code execution flaws are in the $20,000 to $30,000 range, depending on the popularity of the software and the reliability of the attack code.
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