{"id":86847,"date":"2020-10-11T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apple-pays-288500-to-young-hackers-for-discovering-55-vulnerabilities-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2020-10-11T15:34:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:34:48","slug":"apple-pays-288500-to-young-hackers-for-discovering-55-vulnerabilities-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-pays-288500-to-young-hackers-for-discovering-55-vulnerabilities-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple Pays $288,500 to Young Hackers for Discovering 55 Vulnerabilities \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#App<\/a>le Pays $288,500 to Young Hackers for Discovering 55 Vulnerabilities \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A massive security breach could happen to any business at any time. That\u2019s why white-hat hackers spend their days poking and prodding at networks, searching for any vulnerabilities that could endanger customers\u2019 private data. But it\u2019s weird to hear about a white-hat group reporting 55 vulnerabilities to a business, especially when the business in question is Apple.<\/p>\n

As reported by Ars Technica<\/a>, a group of hackers<\/a> led by the 20-year-old Sam Curry<\/a> discovered 55 vulnerabilities in Apple\u2019s infrastructure. Of these 55 bugs, 11 were \u201ccritical,\u201d meaning that Curry and his team could use them to gather private information, emails, and iCloud data.<\/p>\n

Apple has processed nearly half of the vulnerabilities reported by Curry, and commits to pay at least $288,500 for the discovery of these bugs. Still, Curry predicts that Apple may pay something to the tune of $500,000 once it works its way through all the bugs. Frankly, that\u2019s a small price to avoid a massive data breach.<\/p>\n

Other researchers working with Curry include Brett Buerhaus<\/a>, Ben Sadeghipour<\/a>, Samuel Erb<\/a>, and Tanner Barnes<\/a>. The group hacked Apple for three months on the Apple bug bounty program<\/a> and wrote an extensive report<\/a> detailing how vulnerabilities were discovered. It\u2019s a good read, although it\u2019s quite long!<\/p>\n

Source: Sam Curry<\/a> via Ars Technica<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n