Apple unveils Memory Integrity Enforcement: Five-year hardware-software effort to enhance memory safety across devices
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Summary
Apple announces Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a new memory safety protection system developed over five years that combines Apple silicon hardware with operating system security to provide always-on memory safety protection across Apple devices without compromising performance. The article positions MIE as the most significant upgrade to memory safety in consumer operating system history, and notes there has never been a successful widespread malware attack against iPhone.
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· 3 pulledMemory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort, spanning half a decade, that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our advanced operating system security
We believe Memory Integrity Enforcement represents the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems.
There has never been a successful, widespread malware attack against iPhone.
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