Apple's new security feature crashes your iPhone to protect from Spyware

Описание: How Apple A19 Chips Add Kernel Security to iPhone 17 - By Crashing it

Apple’s biggest iPhone 17 upgrade announced at the September Apple Event isn’t a new camera, new iOS 26, or new display… it’s a breakthrough security feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE). Built into the new A19 and A19 Pro chips, MIE is designed to tackle memory safety vulnerabilities to prevent spyware and side-channel attacks. According to the Google Chrome security team, more than 70% of high-severity security bugs are caused by memory safety errors like buffer overflows and use-after-free exploits.

So how does Apple Memory Integrity Enforcement work? MIE protects the data stored in your device's RAM from physical attackers by encrypting it, ensuring privacy. The iPhone security chip continuously monitors low-level memory operations on the iPhone. When it detects suspicious behavior that could indicate a memory corruption attack, it can instantly crash the affected app, or even perform a shutdown of iOS 26 to block the exploit before it can execute. This proactive defense could protect users handling sensitive data like politicians, journalists, or enterprise professionals from advanced spyware and zero-day attacks. However, early adopters may see unexpected app crashes as developers update their software to meet Apple’s stricter memory safety requirements.

Currently, MIE is exclusive to the iPhone 17 lineup and the new iPhone Air on the latest iOS 26, but experts expect Apple to roll out similar protections to future iPads and Macs running Apple Silicon.

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