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#4 The Hacker News general June 19, 2026 at 18:37 UTC

Unpatchable 'usbliter8' Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Researchers at Paradigm Shift published a working exploit called 'usbliter8' achieving arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple A12 and A13 chips — silicon-level code that cannot be patched via software updates. The attack requires physical USB access but permanently affects all devices using these chips (iPhone XS through iPhone 11 generation) for their operational lifetime. This is a significant hardware-level security regression comparable to the checkm8 bootrom exploit.

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