Ian Beer

Ian Beer is a British computer security expert and white hat hacker, currently residing in Switzerland and working for Google as part of its Project Zero.[1] There are those who consider him as one of the best iOS hackers.[2] Beer was the first security expert to publish his findings under the "Project Zero" name in the spring of 2014;[3] at this time, the project was not yet revealed and crediting the newly discovered vulnerabilities to it led to some speculation.[1]

He is known for discovering a large number of security vulnerabilities in Apple products, including iOS,[1] Safari[3] and macOS,[4] as well as helping create jailbreaks for iOS versions.[5][6] One such discovery forced Apple to rewrite significant parts of the macOS and iOS kernel.[7] Beer is also a vocal critic of Apple concerning its bug bounty program for iOS announced in 2016.[8][9] The invite only program has been accused of low payouts.[8] Beer has also criticized the company for not disclosing to its users why updates that fix the bugs should be installed.[10]

References
  1. Greenberg, Andy (15 July 2014). "Meet 'Project Zero,' Google's Secret Team of Bug-Hunting Hackers". Wired.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. Koebler, Jason; Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (9 August 2018). "Google Hacker Asks Tim Cook to Donate $2.45 Million In Unpaid iPhone Bug Bounties". Motherboard. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. Schmidt, Jürgen (15 July 2014). "Google schickt Elite-Hacker auf die Jagd nach Sicherheitslücken". Heise Security (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. Donath, Andreas (26 October 2016). "Sicherheitslücken: macOS Sierra 10.12.1 unbedingt aufspielen - UBERGIZMO DE". de.ubergizmo.com (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. Popa, Bogdan. "First iPhone 7 Jailbreak (iOS 10.1.1) Now Available for Download". softpedia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. Becker, Leo (22 December 2016). "Yalu: Erster öffentlicher Jailbreak für iOS 10". Heise Security (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. Chirgwin, Richard (27 October 2016). "How Google's Project Zero made Apple refactor its kernel". The Register. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. Bradbury, Danny (5 March 2019). "Security Researcher Changes Mind over Apple Bug". Infosecurity Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  9. Leswing, Kif. "An elite Google hacker is directly challenging Apple CEO Tim Cook to donate over $2 million to charity". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  10. Tung, Liam (19 October 2018). "Google warns Apple: Missing bugs in your security bulletins are 'disincentive to patch'". ZDNet. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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