US EditionApple Ups the Reward for Finding Major Exploits to $2 Million
Apple doubles top bug bounty to $2 million for spyware exploit chains and expands categories, with total payouts exceeding $5 million including bonuses, to improve device security.
- On Friday at Hexacon, Apple announced a major evolution of its Security Bounty program that will take effect next month and doubled its top award to $2 million.
- Faced with advanced mercenary spyware, Apple says its Security Bounty began in 2020 and has awarded over $35 million to more than 800 researchers, protecting activists, journalists, and politicians.
- Under the new structure, Apple expanded pay scales by category and bonuses, noting the Apple bonus system can more than double awards with maximum payouts exceeding $5 million.
- Apple is also introducing Target Flags to accelerate awards and verification, and will donate 1,000 iPhone 17 units to civil society organisations that protect journalists and activists.
- With over 2.35 billion active devices, Apple says defending users at every level is a top priority, and the company claims the payout is unprecedented in the industry.
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Apple ups the reward for finding major exploits to $2 million
Since launching its bug bounty program nearly a decade ago, Apple has always touted notable maximum payouts—$200,000 in 2016 and $1 million in 2019. Now the company is upping the stakes again. At the Hexacon offensive security conference in Paris on Friday, Apple vice president of security engineering and architecture Ivan Krstić announced a new maximum payout of $2 million for a chain of software exploits that could be abused for spyware. The m…
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Apple doubles its top bug bounty to $2 million – payouts can now exceed $5 million
Five years ago, Apple opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, having previously been invitation-only and limited to iOS vulnerabilities. As part of this change, the maximum reward was increased from $200,000, which it had been since 2016, up to $1 million.Read Entire Article
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