Apple will seemingly be providing security researchers with ‘jailbroken’ iPhones so that they are able to easily find more vulnerabilities in iOS. As per Forbes, Apple will be making this announcement at the Black Hat security conference scheduled to be held from later this week (August 3-8, 2019).
Apple will be handling out how these iPhones only to those researchers who are a part of its invite-only iOS bug bounty program. The iPhones handed out would be “dev devices” as per one of the sources. They would be more unlocked than usual iPhones and allow researchers to prod into iOS to find security vulnerabilities.
Think of them as iPhones that allow the user to do a lot more than they could on a traditionally locked-down iPhone. For instance, it should be possible to probe pieces of the Apple operating system that aren’t easily accessible on a commercial iPhone. In particular, the special devices could allow hackers to stop the processor and inspect memory for vulnerabilities. This would allow them to see what happens at the code level when they attempt an attack on iOS code.
Despite the ‘open’ nature of these iPhones, they are not going to be the exact same ones as used by Apple’s internal staff. They would be “lite” versions, with the units being used by Apple’s internal security team having a greater level of openness.Read Next:alternative to utorrent
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Alongside this, Apple will also be announcing a macOS bug bounty program. Apple announced the iOS bug bounty program at the Black Hat conference in 2016. So, it makes sense that the company is taking the same stage to announce a macOS bug bounty program as well. It is unclear if the macOS bug bounty program will be based on the same guidelines as the iOS program i.e. it will be invite-only, with payouts not as attractive as other bug bounties.
[Via Forbes]
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