A job posting at Apple suggests the company may be looking to step up efforts to block jailbreaking.
Apple is currently hiring for an iPhone OS Platform Security Manager.
The Core OS group is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on the platform security of iPhone OS. The team is responsible for secure booting and installation of the OS, partitioning and hardening of security domains within the OS, cryptographic services, and risk analysis of security threats. The team is made up of a variety of security experts with backgrounds in system security and reverse engineering.
Its unclear whether this is a new job position or whether Apple is hiring to replace an existing position.
One of the notable job responsibilities is: 'Driving a methodology for proactively finding security vulnerabilities'. As recent updates have shown, this likely means searching for and closing exploits used to jailbreak and unlock.
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Apple is currently hiring for an iPhone OS Platform Security Manager.
The Core OS group is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on the platform security of iPhone OS. The team is responsible for secure booting and installation of the OS, partitioning and hardening of security domains within the OS, cryptographic services, and risk analysis of security threats. The team is made up of a variety of security experts with backgrounds in system security and reverse engineering.
Its unclear whether this is a new job position or whether Apple is hiring to replace an existing position.
One of the notable job responsibilities is: 'Driving a methodology for proactively finding security vulnerabilities'. As recent updates have shown, this likely means searching for and closing exploits used to jailbreak and unlock.
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