An independent security researcher has received a $100,500 bug bounty from Apple after discovering a security hole in the company’s Safari browser for macOS that could allow a malicious website to hijack accounts and seize control of users’ webcams. Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ryan Pickren, who is also the founder of BugPoC, uncovered a universal cross-site scripting (UXSS) flaw in Apple’s Safari browser that could lead to serious security problems.

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