Flaw hunter bags $75,000 off Apple after duping Safari into spying through iPhone, Mac cameras without permission

Flaw hunter bags $75,000 off Apple after duping Safari into spying through iPhone, Mac cameras without permission

Bug that let malicious site snoop on users squashed, so make sure you're on the most recent version


Independent security researcher Ryan Pickren has revealed how a malicious website could hack Apple's Safari browser on iOS and macOS to spy on the user through the computer's camera without prompting for permission.


Pickren said Apple classified the bug as "one-click remote partial access to sensitive data," and awarded him $75,000 under the terms of its Security Bounty scheme.


Apple fixed the issues with Safari 13.1, crediting Pickren for three bug reports in the patch release notes. The three flaws mentioned by Apple are "a malicious iframe may use another website’s download settings"; "a do ..

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