"Cybersecurity experts, including people who make hacking tools and exploits for iPhones, tell TechCrunch that this new security technology could make Apple's newest iPhones some of the most secure devices on the planet. The result is likely to make life harder for the companies that make spyware and zero-day exploits for planting spyware on a target's phone or extracting data from them."
"The researcher told TechCrunch that MIE will raise the cost and time to develop their exploits for the latest iPhones, and consequently up their prices for paying customers. "This is a huge deal," said the researcher, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss sensitive matters. "It's not hack proof. But it's the closest thing we have to hack proof. None of this will ever be 100% perfect. But it raises the stakes the most.""
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is a new security feature on iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. MIE targets memory corruption bugs, a common class of vulnerabilities exploited by spyware developers and makers of phone forensic devices. Memory safety vulnerabilities are interchangeable across platforms and have been widely abused to plant spyware or extract data. Strengthening memory integrity reduces attack surface and increases the time and cost required to develop exploits and forensic tools. Security experts say these protections could make the newest iPhones among the most secure consumer devices connected to the internet. The protections are not absolute but substantially raise the stakes for attackers and surveillance vendors.
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