The Zerodium security company announced that it offered 1 a million dollars to anyone who discovers vulnerabilities in iOS 9, which will allow a non-jailbroken device be hacked and controlled remotely.
But let's see why and why:
The company is reportedly looking for an exploit that can be distributed through a website message text or an MMS and will allow an app to be installed on the latest iPhones and iPads.
Practically with today's data to do this, exploit should perform jailbreak on the device.
It is known that every Apple operating system is extremely secure, but it is also known that it is not completely immune to attacks, as shown by the recent App Store violation.
Zerodium says:
"Μην ξεγελιέστε, ασφαλές δεν σημαίνει κάτι που δεν σπάει, και αυτό σημαίνει απλώς ότι το "σπάσιμο" του iOS θα έχει υψηλότερο κόστος για την πολυπλοκότητα της εκμετάλλευσης της ευπάθειας και εδώ είναι που μπαίνει το Million Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty."
But why does Zerodium need iOS hack? The company also has a business selling such exploits to government agencies and corporate clients. So he could be interested in commercializing the hack product.
We should mention that the conditions of the competition state that the error must not be disclosed to Apple or publicly in any way.
Hackers have a deadline until October 31 to submit their work, which should include an explanatory whitepaper.
Zerodium security company is willing to pay up to three exploits, up to 3.000.000 dollars.
