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