Your iPhones, iPads & MacBooks May Have an Unfixable Security Flaw

Over the years, one of the most significant security enhancements Apple has brought to its devices is the Secure Chip Enclave that encrypts and protects all sensitive data stored on Apple devices. Since the chip operates separately from the rest of the system, apps don’t have access to private keys.                                                               The data stored on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices is encrypted with random private keys, which are only accessible by the Secure Enclave. This includes sensitive data such as passwords, the credit card used by Apple Pay, and biometric identification to enable Touch ID and Face ID.

 Pangu Team have reportedly found an unpatchable exploit on Apple’s Secure Enclave chip. This exploit can lead hackers to break the encryption of private security keys. Moreover, since the issue at hand is un patchable (caused by hardware), it cannot be fixed via a software update.                                                                       This vulnerability affects all Apple chips between the A 7 and A 11 Bionic, and Apple can do nothing for the devices that have been shipped. The Cupertino has, however, fixed this security breach with the A 12 and A 13 Bionic chips.                                                                   Although finer details of what the exploit allows the hacker to do will be known in the coming months, keep in mind that exploits like this usually require the hacker to have physical access to the device in order to obtain any data. Hence, it is unlikely that hackers can remotely access your data.