Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>A well-known <a href="
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https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] has slashed its bounties for finding vulnerabilities in macOS. Many have been halved, with one of them reduced from over $30k to just $5k, despite <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/17/security-bite-infostealer-malware-spikes-28-among-mac-users-says-jamf/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a growing problem[/url] with Mac <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/malware/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">malware[/url].</p>
<p>Csaba Fitzl, principal macOS security researcher at Iru, says it suggests Apple doesn’t really care about the <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/mac/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mac[/url], and increases the likelihood that vulnerabilities will be sold on the black market instead of reported to the company … </p>
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Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows
