Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware
$2M Top Payout Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Apple Doubles Security Bounty Rewards to $2 Million Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Ti...
Amid the Salt Typhoon hacks, US officials recommend that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers
Stop Sending Texts Jonny Evans / Computerworld : The FBI now says encryption is good for you — Apple has been battling to maintain encryption for a decade. Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Feds Pu...
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing
if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments — Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...
Microsoft says it cannot wall off its OS due to a 2009 deal with the EC to give security software makers the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets
Global outage on Windows machines caused by CrowdStrike highlights Microsoft's security challengesMore:AppleInsider,The Register,Tom's Hardware,9to5Mac,Stratechery,Neowin,TechRadar,MSPoweruser,iThinkD...
Letter to Epic: Apple's lawyers cite Tim Sweeney's attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine or evade Apple's rules”
To understand what just happened, one needs to rewind to the start … Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle : EU says it's investigating why Apple terminated Epic's developer account Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo ...
Wyze had been aware of several remote access vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite Bitdefender warnings
Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Wyze Left Security Cameras Open to Hacking for Three Years Corbin Davenport / XDA Deve...
Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up
Market summary: 📊 — India opened the week lower, as investors struggle to read Putin's mood. James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social debuts today in rocky start W...
Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Firstpost Tech : Apple hits back at Google, accusing it of creating a ‘false impression’ of ‘mass exploitation’ around iPhone exploits A...