"Apple Offers Security Researchers Specialized iPhones to Tinker With"

Apple encourages security researchers to apply for its Security Research Device Program (SRDP) to identify vulnerabilities and earn bug bounties. Apple launched its Apple SRDP in 2019. Participating researchers have identified 130 critical security flaws through the program and indirectly helped Apple implement security improvements to the XNU kernel, kernel extensions, and XPC services. The Security Research Device (SRD) is a hardware variant of the iPhone 14 Pro equipped with tools and options that enable researchers to configure or disable advanced iOS security features. It allows researchers to install and boot custom kernel caches, execute arbitrary code, initiate services at startup, persist content across restarts, and more. This article continues to discuss Apple's SRDP. 

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