Apple meets with major iOS and OS X hackers to beef up their security

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According to the Forbes publication, Apple is trying to close any major vulnerabilities in the upcoming iOS and OS X updates, and to do so has secretly met with the main hackers on the scene current that are continually finding vulnerabilities in Apple operating systems. At the moment Forbes has only managed to confirm three names: Luca Todesco, well known for being the person who has managed to jailbreak all the versions of iOS 9 that the company has launched on the market and also the first versions of iOS 10. Together Luca Todesco was also attended by Nicholas Allegra and Patrick Wardle.

Nicholas Allegra, also known as Comex, another of the hackers who always turns iOS upside down in each new version who, together with Patrick Wardle, a former NSA worker who has repeatedly raised security problems in the different versions of OS X, have been at the meeting in which Apple wants to obtain the collaboration of these celebrities from the world of hackers, to try to improve the security of the different operating systems of the company. Apple promoter of this meeting urged attendees not to report the meeting or its content, but finally everything is known.

Apple has personally informed this group of hackers of the rewards for finding bugs in iOS and OS X, rewards that can reach up to $ 200.000. Apple has chosen to draw up the list of people who can help you achieve your goal, limiting access to other hackers who have not been invited instead of opting for Apple's rewards program they can opt for third-party companies that offer a higher reward, especially in so-called zero-day vulnerabilities.

Others of the possible attendees to this meeting according to Forbes They have been Francisco Alonso, Stefan Esser, Braden Thomas, Pedro Vilaca. Jonathan Zdziarski, plus former Apple engineers Alex Ionescu and Steve de Franco (ih8sn0w) and Hao Xu, a member of Pangu. Apple wants this group of hackers to detect and report important vulnerabilities that could endanger the security of both operating systems instead of obtaining a list of bugs that hardly allow putting the security of both OS at risk.


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