The first unpatchable iPhone exploit in six years targets chips still running Apple's latest iOS
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Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published the first iPhone bootROM exploit in years. The process, called usbliter8, targets a hardware-level flaw, which means upgrading to newer...
  • workerONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    What’s it mean that it targets chips still running Apple’s latest iOS? If it’s the latest iOS then there isn’t a newer version available.

    Edit, I read the article. It means it’s targeting phones even though they’re running the latest iOS

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Major iOS versions regularly drop support for older models. They’re talking about phones that aren’t old enough to have had support ended yet.