Unpatchable Hardware Vulnerability Leaves Owners of Older iPhone XS, iPhone XR and iPhone 11 Models at Risk

Security researchers have published the proof-of-concept exploit, dubbed "usbliter8", which targets a vulnerability in Apple's BootROM, the unalterable code that runs before iOS starts loading. Since BootROM is permanently etched into a chip during the manufacturing process, researchers said that vulnerabilities discovered at this level cannot be fixed through softwar...