In order to make it easier for security researchers to find vulnerabilities in iPhones, Apple is launching an iPhone Research Device Program that will provide certain hackers with special devices to conduct security research, the company announced Wednesday. Beyond enhancing security for iOS users and making it easier to unearth flaws in iPhones, the program also aims to improve the efficiency of ongoing security research on iOS, Apple said. The launch comes several months after Apple initially teased out the plans for the security device program last year at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. For a company normally reluctant to allowing security researchers to find flaws in its code, Apple’s move could mark a step forward in its willingness to work with the broader information security community to expose and root out vulnerabilities in Apple platforms. Security researchers in recent years found it so difficult to access the inner workings […]
The post Apple’s long-awaited security device research program makes its debut appeared first on CyberScoop.
Continue reading Apple’s long-awaited security device research program makes its debut→