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Putting Apple Bug Bounty Rewards in Perspective
Admittedly, the payouts for Apple’s bug bounty announced last week at Black Hat drew mixed reactions ranging from reasonable to raucously funny. Apple made a big splash at the annual hacker conference, first via a last-minute announcement that well-regarded Ivan Krstic would be giving a talk on...
Previewing Black Hat 2016, Ivan Krstic's on Apple, Kaminsky's Keynote, And More
Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook preview Black Hat 2016, including Ivan Krstic’s talk on Apple/iOS security, Dan Kaminsky’s keynote, IoT, PAC malware, and more. Download: ThreatpostBlackHat2016Preview.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...
Apple Hires New Security Chief
Apple has hired a software security expert to head up its growing internal security group. The company has hired David Rice, a former National Security Agency analyst and consultant on security issues, according to reports. Rice is currently the director of policy reform at the U.S. Cyber...
Apple Snags former Mozilla Security Chief
Apple has hired former Microsoft and Mozilla security specialist Window Snyder to help secure its Mac ecosystem. Snyder, who last worked as Mozilla’s security chief, confirmed she is joining Apple as senior product manager for security. At Mozilla, Snyder introduced the concept of threat modeling...