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Apple Offers Up To $1m For iPhone Bug Bounty

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Geekz Snow
Apple Offers Up To $1m For iPhone Bug Bounty

Apple used the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday to make some changes to its bug bounty scheme.

Until recently, Apple’s previous highest bounty was $200,000 for friendly reports of bugs that could then be fixed with software updates.

And Apple also only offered bug bounties to invited researchers who tried to find flaws in its phones and cloud backups, Reuters reported.

But now at the conference Apple has made some changes, as it seeks to ensure that the iPhone is the most safeguarded and privacy focused handset on the market.

First off, Apple has opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, and its dramatically increased the payout for the most serious of flaws.

Reuters reported that Apple’s bug bounty scheme now includes not just the iPhone, but also Mac software, and it is offering researchers a range of bug bounties for the most significant findings.

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