INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
After announcing its bug bounty program at the Black Hat security conference back in August, Apple has now officially opened up its program
to all security researchers.Before today, the iPhone maker's bug bounty program was invitation-based and only select security researchers
were able to take part in the program to find vulnerabilities in iOS.Now Apple has expanded its program by raising its maximum bug bounty
reward from $200k to $1.5m and the company will also accept vulnerability reports for iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and iCloud in addition to
iOS.Apple also published a new page on its website which explains the rules of the bug bounty program along with a breakdown of the rewards
researchers can earn for submitting reports on exploits they've discovered.In order to be eligible for a bug bounty reward researchers must
be the first party to report the issue to Apple Product security, provide a clear report with a working exploit and not disclose the issue
publicly before Apple releases the security advisory for the report.To earn the biggest reward the program has to offer, they will need to
find security bugs that are new, affect multiple platforms, work on the latest hardware and software and impact sensitive components
Finding vulnerabilities in beta releases will earn researchers even more as Apple will add a 50 percent bonus on top of the regular payout
for all bugs reported in a beta release.Additionally, the company will pay a 50 percent bonus for regression bugs which are bugs that were
previously patched in older versions of its software that have accidentally been reintroduced in its code at a later point
Vulnerabilities that can result in zero-click or one-click attacks will also earn researchers top prizes but they will need to submit a full
exploit chain to claim their reward.Via ZDNet
