Pwn an iPhone to bank $1m and Check Point gripes about WhatsApp privacy again

Here's a quick summary of some important infosec happenings from inside and outside the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. Apple embiggens bug-bounty program Apple's security engineering boss Ivan Krstić told Black Hat attendees that Cupertino is expanding its bug-bounty program in various ways. For instance, …

[Anonymous Coward]

Its good that they upped the bounties

Unfortunately it is pretty obvious that if someone found that holy grail chain of exploits for a complete takeover of an iPhone knowing only its phone number it would be worth far more than $1 million on the black market. Or in the spook market.

[Tim99]

Re: Its good that they upped the bounties

Yes, but someone would have to kill you...

[BebopWeBop]

Re: Its good that they upped the bounties

You might think that but I could not possibly say

[fnusnu]

Re: Its good that they upped the bounties

Fortunately some people are motivated by more than just money.