Apple’s $2M Bounty Bonanza: Cashing In on Cyber Sleuthing!
Apple has sweetened the pot, doubling bug bounties to $2 million for zero-click RCEs. With bonuses, payouts can soar to over $5 million, making it rain for researchers who find these digital skeleton keys. Since 2020, Apple has shelled out $35M, proving that finding flaws in iPhones might just fund your dream island.
Hot Take:
Apple’s got a new way to make all aspiring hackers and security experts rich! They’ve just doubled their maximum bug bounty to a whopping $2 million for zero-click remote code execution vulnerabilities. That’s right, Apple is turning bug hunting into the most lucrative video game side quest ever. Forget about saving princesses, the real treasure is in finding bugs!
Key Points:
– Apple has doubled its maximum bug bounty to $2 million for zero-click remote code execution exploits.
– Since 2020, Apple has rewarded $35 million to 800 security researchers.
– The company aims to match payouts of mercenary and commercial spyware vendors.
– New bonuses can push payouts above $5 million for specific exploits like Lockdown Mode bypasses.
– Apple has introduced Target Flags for faster verification and payouts for top vulnerabilities.