“Known mercenary spyware chains used against iOS share a common denominator with those targeting Windows and Android: they exploit memory safety vulnerabilities, which are interchangeable, powerful, and exist throughout the industry,” Apple wrote in its blog post.
IT-Security experts, including people who make hacking tools and exploits for iPhones, says this new security technology could make Apple’s newest iPhones some of the most secure devices on the planet. “The iPhone 17 is probably now the most secure computing environment on the planet that is still connected to the internet,”
👾[MIE] is built on a technology called Memory Tagging Extension [MTE] originally developed by chipmaker Arm. In its blog post, Apple said over the past five years it worked with Arm to expand and improve the memory safety features into a product called Enhanced Memory Tagging Extension [EMTE].👾
<https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/login_summer19_03_serebryany.pdf>
⁉️Google offers [MTE] for some Android devices; the security-focused GrapheneOS, a custom version of Android.⁉️
<https://source.android.com/docs/security/test/memory-safety/arm-mte>