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What’s happened?
Earlier this week someone anonymously published a key piece of Apple’s iOS source code onto GitHub.
Which bit of iOS was it?
It was an integral part of iOS known as “iBoot” – the section of code which controls the security of your iPhone or iPad as it starts up.
So it’s an important part of iOS?
Very important and highly sensitive. The secure boot firmware ensures that iOS will only run apps digitally signed by Apple, and checks that the operating system has not been tampered with by a hacker.
Does that make this leak interesting to hackers?
Yes, and to other parties (I’m looking at you principally law enforcement agencies) who might be interested in finding vulnerabilities that could be exploited to help them compromise and unlock iOS devices.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
