Uhlelo olusha lwe-Apple lunikela ngama- $ 200.000 kunoma ngubani othola ukuba sengozini kwesoftware

Engqungqutheleni yeBlack Hat eyenzeke ngesonto eledlule, umcimbi waminyaka yonke owenzelwe umphakathi we-InfoSec, u-Ivan Krstic, unjiniyela omkhulu wezokuphepha kwa-Apple, umemezele ukwethulwa komhlangano uhlelo olusha ngazo lezo zikaCupertino khokha abantu abathola izimbungulu futhi ukuba sengozini izici zokuphepha ezibalulekile kusoftware yenkampani. Malini? Hhayi lutho olungaphansi kwama- $ 200.000.

Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala ukuthi i-Apple ikhokhe ukuthola lezi zinhlobo zezimbungulu, kepha akuyona uhlelo olusha. Ezinye izinkampani ezibhekele izinhlelo ezinkulu zokusebenza, ezinjengeGoogle (i-Android) neMicrosoft (Windows), sezivele zikhiphile ezazo izinhlelo ze-bug bounty abakhokha ngalo izizumbulu zemali kunoma yimuphi umsebenzisi othola lolu hlobo lwamaphutha ezinhlelweni zabo zokusebenza.

Ukuthola ukuba sengozini ku-software ye-Apple kunomklomelo

Uhlelo olusha bug bounty I-Apple iyingxenye ye- Umzamo wenkampani wokuvulela kubaduni, abacwaningi bezokuphepha kanye nababhali bezimpawu zokubhala abafuna ukusiza ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwenkampani.

Umklomelo we 200.000 $ hhayi nje noma yikuphi ukutholakala okuzokuthatha, kepha kuyisilinganiso esiphezulu esizokhokhwa yilabo baseCupertino ngokuthola amaphutha ezokuphepha kwisoftware yabo. Ngale ndlela, okwesihlanu kwezigidi zamaRandi kuzoya kubatholi bamaphutha ku- izingxenye ze-firmware I-boot evikelekileNgenkathi okunye ukukhubazeka okuncane, okufana nokufinyelela kwe-sandboxed kudatha yomsebenzisi ngaphandle kwebhokisi le-sandbox, kuzokwamukela "kuphela" $ 25.000.

Uhlelo olusha luzokwethulwa ngo- ngesinye isikhathi ngo-Septhemba, yinyanga nje lapho i-iOS 10 izokhishwa khona ngokusemthethweni. Siyakhumbula ukuthi inguqulo elandelayo ye-iOS, okungenani kuma-betas amanje, ayinayo i-kernel ebetheliwe. U-Apple, njengabanye ochwepheshe bezokuphepha, uthi ezokuphepha ngeke zonakaliswe nokuthi amaphutha ezokuphepha azotholakala futhi alungiswe ngokushesha. Isibonelo esihle kakhulu Ubuntu, uhlelo oluphephe kakhulu kune-iOS futhi olungenayo i-kernel ebethelwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bathembise nokuthi bazokhipha ezinye izibuyekezo, okuyinto abalandeli be-jailbreak ngokungangabazeki abangayithandi.