What seems to be the biggest leak in Apple's history, someone has just posted key iPhone source code for a core component of iOS on Github. The source code is labeled as "iBoot" and is responsible for booting iOS.
From the research point of view, the leak source code allows security researchers to test iBoot code for vulnerabilities and may even lead to the release of iOS jailbreaks which are becoming pretty hard to come by.
That said, on the flip side, the vulnerabilities will also make it easier for hackers to get into someone's iPhone illegally, and decrypt and access otherwise protected data.
From the research point of view, the leak source code allows security researchers to test iBoot code for vulnerabilities and may even lead to the release of iOS jailbreaks which are becoming pretty hard to come by.
That said, on the flip side, the vulnerabilities will also make it easier for hackers to get into someone's iPhone illegally, and decrypt and access otherwise protected data.
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