Category: Black Hat 2016

Google hacker asks Tim Cook to donate $2.45 million in unpaid iOS bug bounties

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“Apple’s iPhone is one of the most—if not the most—secure consumer device on the planet. That hasn’t stopped a small dwindling group of hackers from finding flaws in it,” Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports for Motherboard. “In 2016, Apple invited those hackers to report the bugs to the company, offering six figures rewards for their bugs, perhaps…

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Apple calls in top iOS and Mac hackers for secret bug bounty bash

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“A 19-year-old who was the first to jailbreak an iPhone 7. A former teenage prodigy turned world-renowned iOS hacker. An ex-NSA staffer who has repeatedly found Mac OS X security lacking,” Thomas Fox-Brewster reports for Forbes. “Todesco, Nicholas Allegra and Patrick Wardle are just some of the hackers rocking up to Cupertino today for a…

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New $500,000 iOS bug bounty beats Apple’s best offer

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“A security firm is offering up to $500,000 for information on zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, surpassing Apple’s bug bounty just days after it was announced,” Michael Kan reports for IDG News Service. “On Tuesday, Texas-based Exodus Intelligence said it will give between $5,000 and $500,000 for zero-day vulnerabilities relating to iOS version 9.3 and higher,”…

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Apple’s new bug bounty program offers some of the highest rewards in history

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“Over the past five years, most major tech companies have instituted bug bounty programs, welcoming vulnerability reports from hackers and reimbursing for reports in cash,” Kate Conger reports for TechCrunch. “But for years, Apple remained a holdout. While security has been a crucial part of its corporate narrative, Apple has quietly refused to pay for…

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Apple offers up to $200,000 for hackers to find flaws in its products

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“Apple is offering hackers up to $200,000 to find security loopholes in its products, the company announced on Thursday, as it joins a number of major technology firms that have so-called ‘bug bounty programs,’” Arjun Kharpal reports for CNBC. “The amount researchers are paid are based on the severity of the flaw they find. The…

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