Apple’s bug bounty program will offer USD2 million to find a chain of security vulnerabilities in its systems that could be used for spyware, Wired reports. The program is also looking for potential vulnerabilities that could be exploited in Apple’s Lockdown Mode. Apple Vice President of Security Engineering and Architecture Ivan Krstić said the company is giving the rewards because it wants “to make sure that for the hardest categories, the hardest problems, the things that most closely mirror the kinds of attacks that we see with mercenary spyware — that the researchers who have those skills and abilities and put in that effort and time can get a tremendous reward.”
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