🔐 Everyone’s arguing about the iPhone’s new design, but there’s a significant security upgrade that matters for crypto users.
Apple introduced Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a hardware-level protection that reduces the risk of attackers hijacking wallets or intercepting Passkey signing. It detects dangerous memory access patterns (like out-of-bounds reads or use-after-free bugs ⛓) that are often exploited in zero-day attacks.
According to security experts, memory-related vulnerabilities make up roughly 70% of software flaws. By blocking these patterns at both kernel and user levels, MIE raises the bar for attackers and makes targeted exploits more difficult and expensive.
❗This isn’t a complete solution. MIE doesn’t protect against phishing, social engineering, malicious apps, or compromised websites. Users still need to stay vigilant and follow best practices. But for anyone frequently signing transactions on iPhone, it’s a meaningful improvement in security.
In a world where vulnerabilities appear faster than #iOS updates, any additional protection for sensitive crypto operations is worth noticing.
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