Apple on Friday announced that the company has officially opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers. This follow announcements at this year’s Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that Apple would be expanding the program later in the year. Prior to this, the program was invitation-based and non-iOS devices were not included […]
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If you want the good stuff, you’ve got to pay for it. Apple has introduced an expanded bug bounty program that covers macOS, tvOS, iCloud, and iOS over at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas and hosted by head of security engineering Ivan Krstić. The company first introduced its bug bounty program for […]
If you’re looking to turn your Mac bug hunting efforts into money, you’ll have a chance soon. Apple is reportedly set to launch its Mac bug bounty program before the end of August. Recent reports have noted the company handing out iPhones to top hackers during a briefing at its headquarters. Apple is also expected […]
Ok, this is pretty neat. Yesterday at the Black Hat conference, an annual event designed for the global InfoSec community, Apple’s head of security engineering Ivan Krstic announced the launch of a bug bounty program that will see Apple paying money to individuals who discover major bugs and security flaws in the company’s software. Many […]
This is interesting. According to users who’ve been testing the iOS 10 beta, Apple apparently left the operating system’s kernel unencrypted. Apple confirmed this on Wednesday, citing that the move was performed to streamline system performance. An Apple spokesperson stated that because iOS 10’s kernel cache does not contain sensitive information, it does not need […]