The iPhone 17 memory shield will give spyware developers a hard time

The iPhone 17 offers advanced memory protection features that are set to cause headaches for spyware developers.

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Apple’s new Memory Integrity Enforcement feature will present a problem for spyware vendors and developers.

On Tuesday, Apple announced that the iPhone 17 range will ship with a new security enhancement dubbed Memory Integrity Enforcement or MIE. The iPhone maker worked closely with ARM to develop the feature, which prevents memory corruption issues on iPhones.

In essence, MIE creates dedicated tags for specific portions of the iPhone memory. Only applications with access to these tags can utilize the device’s memory, while apps that lack the necessary tags crash immediately.

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The iPhone 17 memory shield will give spyware developers a hard time

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