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Researcher Claims to Discover Unpatchable iOS Bug

September 30, 2019

The worst nightmare of a tech company? Discovery that its product design has a flaw that can't be fixed without a total redesign. The details are still sketchy, but according to a report on Ars Technica, an iOS security researcher claims to have discovered a "permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit" that could bypass boot security for millions of Apple devices, from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone X. The developer, who goes by axi0mX on Twitter and GitHub, posted via Twitter, "This is possibly the biggest news in iOS jailbreak community in years. I am releasing my exploit for free for the benefit of iOS jailbreak and security research community."

We do know that products such as GreyShift's GrayKey claims to be able to bypass the lock codes on iOS devices without knowing the code or having access to the biometric data (e.g. fingerprint, facial recognition, etc.). Perhaps GrayKey takes advantage of the exploit announced by axi0mx in order to be successful? Time will tell if the researcher is correct in the claim since other researchers now have access to the exploit.

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