Apple Pays $100.5K Bug Bounty for Mac Webcam Hack

A researcher who showed Apple how its webcams can be hijacked via a universal cross-site scripting bug UXSS Safari bug has been awarded what is reportedly a record $100,500 bug bounty. The bug could be used by an adversary as part of an attack to gain full access to every website ever visited by...

Apple Pays $100,500 Bounty to Hacker Who Found Way to Hack MacBook Webcam

Apple last year fixed a new set of macOS vulnerabilities that exposed Safari browser to attack, potentially allowing malicious actors to access users' online accounts, microphone, and webcam. Security researcher Ryan Pickren, who discovered and reported the bugs to the iPhone maker, was compensat...

Apple fixes Mac bug that could have allowed takeover of webcams and browser tabs

A researcher has picked up a $100,500 bounty from Apple after discovering a rather nasty method of gaining control of other people’s Macs. The issue, discovered lurking in Safari by Ryan Pickren, could make use of rogue websites to perform a number of dubious actions. It begins, as so many attack...