Apple's A12 and A13 Chips Facing New Unpatchable Exploit (opens in new tab)

Security research firm Paradigm Shift today The BootROM, or SecureROM, is the first code an iPhone runs when it powers on. Because it is baked directly into the chip at manufacture, any vulnerability found there cannot be fixed with a software update, meaning affected devices will remain vulnerable for the rest of their lives. The last publicly known BootROM exploit of this kind was which affected devices from the iPhone 4S through to the iPhone X. usbliter8 now extends that history to the ne...