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Title: A new $500,000 iOS bug bounty beats Apple's offer Post by: HCK on August 13, 2016, 04:05:13 pm A new $500,000 iOS bug bounty beats Apple's offer
<article> <section class="page"> <p>A security firm is offering up to $500,000 for information on zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, surpassing Apple's bug bounty (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3104810/apples-bug-bounty-program-favors-quality-over-quantity.html) just days after it was announced.</p><p>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.</p><p>These zero-days are software flaws that have gone undetected by Apple, making them potentially very valuable, especially for cyber criminals who can use them to hack iPhones. </p><p>Exodus’s announcement might draw interest away from Apple’s own bug bounty program, which was unveiled last week.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3106168/security/a-new-500000-ios-bug-bounty-beats-apples-offer.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: A new $500,000 iOS bug bounty beats Apple's offer (http://www.macworld.com/article/3106168/security/a-new-500000-ios-bug-bounty-beats-apples-offer.html#tk.rss_all) |