Apple says it takes the personal safety of its customers seriously. How does the company work on this? She offers a very big “reward for mistakes”, inviting “researchers” to crack iPhones. This was announced recently the head of Apple for the design and architecture of security Ivan Krstic at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas.
Hacker rewards
Apple’s hacking initiative began when the company began paying iOS awards three years ago, focusing on the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iCloud systems. However, the new extension will include Mac, iPad, iWatch, and Apple TV operating systems.
The company previously paid $ 200,000 in compensation to those who found flaws, with many complaining that the figure was too low given the scale of the security breach.
Currently, the project is open to all researchers, and not only to those who received a special invitation.
Make Money Hacking iPhone
A new level of reward of $ 1 million will be paid to a hacker who is able to gain full access to iOS devices remotely, without any direct physical interaction. Apple also offers a 50% bonus to hackers who discover flaws during beta testing, bringing this amount to $ 1.5 million.
In addition to the payout news, the new program will offer for the research team, a special opportunity for iPhones to work in “easy mode” with disabled security features. The goal is to identify deeper flaws in the iOS operating system that previously had no access due to existing security features.
This news came a few months after an American teenager received a reward from the company for detecting a vulnerability in the FaceTime application, which allowed eavesdropping on conversations during group calls.
Although Apple continues to attempt to uncover flaws in the system before attackers do it, only time will tell if the new initiative will improve overall data security.
