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Claimed iOS Bounty is Bad News – Daily Security Byte EP. 170

November 4, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Some happy researchers apparently claimed a one million dollar bounty by finding a remote root jailbreak vulnerability in iOS 9. Yet, as exciting as that might sound, it’s bad news for Apple users because the bounty was offered by a company that doesn’t plan to disclose the flaw to Apple. Watch today’s video to learn more about this news, and why I think companies like Zerodium are bad for security.

(Episode Runtime: 2:35)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILF_lR3TsIc

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Vulnerability researchers claim a $1M iOS 9.1 hack bounty – Motherboard
  • iOS bounty claimed, but Apple won’t be informed – Wired
  • The original iOS 9 hack bounty – Zerodium

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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