{"id":19112,"date":"2025-10-19T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/become-a-millionaire-with-apples-security-bounty-program-what-is-it-and-what-it-does-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:24:06","slug":"become-a-millionaire-with-apples-security-bounty-program-what-is-it-and-what-it-does-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/become-a-millionaire-with-apples-security-bounty-program-what-is-it-and-what-it-does-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Become A Millionaire With Apple\u2019s Security Bounty Program: What Is It And What It Does? | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9632051\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 13, 2025, 11:34 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9632051\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1649211956 asubttl-schema\">Apple is changing the reward terms for its security bounty program which means many of you can aspire to become a millionaire.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1649211956 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Apple is going to pay millions if you find major issues with its software\" title=\"Apple is going to pay millions if you find major issues with its software\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1649211956\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple is going to pay millions if you find major issues with its software<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple is offering a great chance for researchers and security whiz to find major issues with its software and get paid in millions, which can go as high as $5 million. The security bounty program is not a new model and companies like Google have offered incentives to find bugs, report them to the company and get rewarded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple\u2019s own version of this program is getting a major upgrade in November this year and the company is doubling up the reward for people who find critical and dangerous bugs in Safari, iOS and other platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>Apple Increases Security Rewards: What You Will Get Now?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The company is offering rewards up to $1 million (up from $250,000) if the researcher can find the issues with just a single click. In cases where the attack has to be triggered by being close to the device, the users can also earn $1 million, while any attack where the device has to be accessed physically gets them a reward of up to $500,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The company is also looking to foolproof its sandbox exploits and any researcher able to show loopholes in its system will be offered up to $300,000 from next month onwards. Apple has strengthened its spyware attack in recent months, offering features like lockdown mode that is activated when a zero-day spyware attack is detected on iPhones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple\u2019s security reward program has reportedly garnered a good response in the market, wherein the company has paid over $35 million in rewards to more than 800 researchers who find issues in its software.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple\u2019s focus on privacy and data security is well known and now increasing the rewards for people who do the dirty work for the company seems like the right move. This will not only help Apple fight the zero-day critical attacks but also get them ready for future advancements and give people the incentive to join the ranks and get rewarded handsomely, even become a millionaire overnight in some cases. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"S Aadeetya\" title=\"S Aadeetya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1649211956 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>October 13, 2025, 11:34 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-1649211956 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/\">tech<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Become A Millionaire With Apple\u2019s Security Bounty Program: What Is It And What It Does?<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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