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Which Apple CPUs, bootroms, & SEP secure enclave coprocessors do NOT already have well-known unpatchable fatal design flaws?
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Arlen Holder
Sep 22, 2020, 9:05:14 PM9/22/20
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There are so many unpatchable exploits, it's confusing to summarize.
o Easier to summarize iPhones/iPads that do NOT have unpatchable exploits.
Which few Apple CPUs & SEP secure enclave coprocessors do NOT
already have well-known unpatchable horribly fatal design flaws?
o Easier to summarize iPhones/iPads that do NOT have unpatchable exploits.
Which few Apple CPUs & SEP secure enclave coprocessors do NOT
already have well-known unpatchable horribly fatal design flaws?
Arlen Holder
Sep 23, 2020, 9:17:02 PM9/23/20
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:05:14 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
> Which few Apple CPUs & SEP secure enclave coprocessors do NOT
> already have well-known unpatchable horribly fatal design flaws?
o New Unpatchable Exploit Allegedly Found On Apple's Secure Enclave Chip
> Which few Apple CPUs & SEP secure enclave coprocessors do NOT
> already have well-known unpatchable horribly fatal design flaws?
<https://www.privacy.com.sg/softwareupdates/new-unpatchable-exploit-allegedly-found-on-apples-secure-enclave-chip-heres-what-it-could-mean/>
"The only thing we know so far is that this vulnerability in
Secure Enclave affects all Apple chips between the A7 and A11 Bionic,
similar to the checkm8 exploit that allows jailbreak for almost all
iOS devices up to iPhone X."
Arlen Holder
Oct 6, 2020, 7:59:14 PM10/6/20
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Update:
Note both Apple & Apologists _ignore_ the facts when it's convenient
o Facts don't fit into the highly MARKETED (but bogus) security messaging
FACTS:
o Yet another of the never-ending plethora of unpatchable security flaws
in Apple's chips widely reported in the news today
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/Hgk2W8buyac>
o Let's talk about a vulnerability that's completely exposing your macOS devices
<https://ironpeak.be/blog/crouching-t2-hidden-danger/>
"In case you are using a recent macOS device, you are probably using the
embedded T2 security chip which runs bridgeOS and is actually based on
watchOS. This is a custom ARM processor designed by Apple based on the A10
CPU found in the iPhone 7. The T2 chip contains a Secure Enclave Processor
(SEP), much like the A-series processor in your iPhone will contain a SEP."
o "*The root of trust on macOS is inherently broken*"
o "They can bruteforce your FileVault2 volume password"
o "They can alter your macOS installation"
o "They can load arbitrary kernel extensions"
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The plethora of unpatchable flaws existing in Apple chips is astounding.
Note both Apple & Apologists _ignore_ the facts when it's convenient
o Facts don't fit into the highly MARKETED (but bogus) security messaging
FACTS:
o Yet another of the never-ending plethora of unpatchable security flaws
in Apple's chips widely reported in the news today
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/Hgk2W8buyac>
o Let's talk about a vulnerability that's completely exposing your macOS devices
<https://ironpeak.be/blog/crouching-t2-hidden-danger/>
"In case you are using a recent macOS device, you are probably using the
embedded T2 security chip which runs bridgeOS and is actually based on
watchOS. This is a custom ARM processor designed by Apple based on the A10
CPU found in the iPhone 7. The T2 chip contains a Secure Enclave Processor
(SEP), much like the A-series processor in your iPhone will contain a SEP."
o "*The root of trust on macOS is inherently broken*"
o "They can bruteforce your FileVault2 volume password"
o "They can alter your macOS installation"
o "They can load arbitrary kernel extensions"
--
The plethora of unpatchable flaws existing in Apple chips is astounding.
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