MIT scientists found a new hardware vulnerability in the Apple M1 chip. They created a novel PACMAN attack methodology to show that Pointer Authentication Code - the last line of defense against typical software vulnerabilities - can be defeated without leaving a trace.
A new hardware attack targeting Pointer Authentication in Apple M1 CPUs with speculative execution enables attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on Mac systems.
In a series of tweets today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicated that Apple's upcoming A16 chipset might continue to use TSMC's N5P process node, the same as its.