Apple`s T2 chip has critical, unpatchable security flaw, says researcher
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On the plus side, the vulnerability requires physical access to your Mac. What you need to know Apple`s T2 chip has a major security flaw. That`s according to the findings of one security researcher. Apparently, the chip can be compromised using the same checkm8 exploit used to jailbreak devices running iOS. According to a security researcher, Apple`s T2 chip has a critical vulnerability that could allow a hacker to bypass a Mac`s disk encryption, firmware passwords, and more. According to Niels Hofmans at ironPeak: The mini operating system on the T2 (SepOS) suffers from a security vulnerable also found in the iPhone X since it contains a processor based on the iOS A10 processor. Exploitation of this type of processor is very actively discussed in the /r/jailbreak subreddit. So using the checkm8 exploit originally made for iPhones, the checkra1n exploit was developed to build a semi-tethered exploit for the T2 security chip, exploiting a flaw. This could be used to e....