BlackBerry to resell app from startup that found major Android bug
Reuters
Published Sep 21, 2016 09:04AM ET
BlackBerry to resell app from startup that found major Android bug
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has agreed to offer anti-hacking software from a startup that last year discovered a major Android bug, it said on Wednesday, as the once-dominant smartphone company seeks to leverage ties to corporate and government clients to boost its software revenue.
BlackBerry's enterprise sales force will resell Zimperium's zIPS mobile threat protection application to customers of its mobile device management services, the two companies said in a statement.
Zimperium said the product costs $10 a month per device, with bulk discounts available, and that BlackBerry will take an undisclosed cut of sales.
Zimperium, founded in 2010 by a former security researcher for the Israeli military, uses complex algorithms to churn through reams of data to defend against hacking of devices running on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Inc's iOS and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc's Android operating systems.
The service will not be available to users of BlackBerry's own operating system. BlackBerry's two newest handsets run on Android, and more such devices are expected from the company.
Alphabet's Google and Samsung (KS:005930) started issuing monthly security fixes for Android phones soon after a Zimperium employee last year discovered the Stagefright hacking software, which allows attackers to access sensitive content.
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