Apple's MIE: Unprecedented Memory Safety
2025-09-10

Apple has unveiled Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a five-year culmination of hardware and software advancements. MIE combines Apple silicon's strengths with advanced OS security, delivering always-on memory safety protection across devices without performance compromise. Using Enhanced Memory Tagging Extension (EMTE) in synchronous mode and secure allocators, MIE significantly enhances iOS security, disrupting sophisticated malware attacks and representing a landmark upgrade to consumer OS memory safety.
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