SN 1043: Memory Integrity Enforcement - Crypto ATM Scam Epidemic

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Cyber Crime, Malware, Technology, Encryption, Steve Gibson, Security, Hacking, Twit, Spyware, Leo Laporte

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 171 minutes

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Summary

Apple just rewrote the rules of device security with a chip-level upgrade that could wipe out most iPhone vulnerabilities overnight. Find out how "memory integrity enforcement" aims to make exploits a thing of the past—and why it took half a decade to pull off.

Are Bitcoin ATMs anything more than scamming terminals.
Ransomware hits the Uvalde school district and Jaguar.
Did "Scattered LapSus Hunters" just throw in the towel.
Germany, for one, to vote "no" on Chat Control.
Russia's new MAX messenger has startup troubles.
Samsung follows Apple's WhatsApp patch chain.
Shocker: UK school hacks are mostly by students.
HackerOne was hacked.
Connected washing machines in Amsterdam hacked.
DDoS breaks another record.
Bluesky to implement conditional age verification.
Enforcement actions for Global Privacy Control.
Might Apple have finally beaten vulnerabilities

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. Who would have thought it? Russia's new
0:05.3	enforced messenger has startup problems. What a shock. Steve's going to tell the story of how he
0:12.6	hacked the dorm washing machines. And then we're going to talk about an amazing improvement
0:17.5	Apple has made to its own chips that may eliminate 90% of security problems.
0:24.6	Wow.
0:25.3	All that coming up next on Security Now.
0:30.4	Podcasts you love.
0:32.2	From people you trust.
0:34.7	This is Twitter.
0:39.7	This is Twit. This is Security Now with Steve Gibson.
0:42.8	Episode 143 recorded Tuesday, September 16th, 2025.
0:48.6	Memory Integrity Enforcement.
0:51.7	It's time for security now.
0:53.5	Yay!
0:54.3	It's Tuesday! That's. Yay! It's Tuesday.
0:55.6	That's the show where we explain and help you understand everything that's going on.
1:02.3	Do we have one today?
1:04.2	Oh, this is Steve Gibson, ladies and gentlemen.
1:06.9	Is this a propeller hat episode?
1:09.6	Well, it's titled Memory Integrity Enforcement, which is a new technology in the A-19 chips that Apple announced a week ago.
1:20.6	Is this like ASLR? Is it like...
1:23.1	No, this is...
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