- Jan 24, 2011
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In a recent interview, Matt Moynahan, the CEO of security firm Veracode, said an exploit for Adobe software is worth up to $5 million on the black market. However, more realistic estimates place prices in the region of $100,000.
It is not just since Stuxnet exploited a total of four zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows that there has been speculation about the cost of vulnerability information on the black market. However, the stiff sum of $5 million mentioned by Matt Moynahan is considered a wild exaggeration by most security experts. In a blog posting, Moynahan himself later toned down his estimated price range to between $100,000 and $500,000.
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It is not just since Stuxnet exploited a total of four zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows that there has been speculation about the cost of vulnerability information on the black market. However, the stiff sum of $5 million mentioned by Matt Moynahan is considered a wild exaggeration by most security experts. In a blog posting, Moynahan himself later toned down his estimated price range to between $100,000 and $500,000.
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