Apple Silicon Vulnerability Research — A18 Pro (MacBook Neo)

This is systematic security research targeting Apple's A18 Pro chip MacBook Neo / Mac17,5, the first A-series SoC shipped in a Mac laptop. The MacBook Neo is used as an authorized Apple Security Research Device SRD and doubles as a high-visibility proxy for iPhone 16 Pro research, since A18 Pro i...

Apple Outlines 2021 Security, Privacy Roadmap

Click to Register Apple released its 2021 Platform Security guide, Thursday, outlining its current and year-ahead agenda for its device hardware, software and silicon security. This year’s 192-page report is beefed-up, compared to past reports, with a wealth of new insights into how Apple is...

Apple Security Research Device Program Draws Mixed Reactions

Apple’s long anticipated Security Research Device program has launched, giving select security researchers access to testable iPhones that will make it easier for them to find iOS vulnerabilities. The program offers security researchers specially configured iPhones with shell access, and special...

Apple's Bug Bounty Opens for Business, $1M Payout Included

Apple has officially opened its historically private bug-bounty program to the public, while boosting its top payout to $1 million. Bounty hunters seeking that $1 million will need to provide a working exploit for a zero-click remote chain with full kernel execution and persistence on Apple’s...

Apple will now pay hackers up to $1 million for reporting vulnerabilities

Apple has just updated the rules of its bug bounty program by announcing a few major changes during a briefing at the annual Black Hat security conference yesterday. One of the most attractive updates is… Apple has enormously increased the maximum reward for its bug bounty program from $200,000 t...