4 papers
Unlocking Apple's Private Cloud Compute: An Analysis of Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence
Yannik Dittmar, Marvin Jerome Stephan, Thomas Völkl +2
Many existing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions on mobile devices rely on an extensive collection of sensitive data, raising privacy concerns and often requiring storage for b…
ARIstoteles -- Dissecting Apple's Baseband Interface
Tobias Kröll, Stephan Kleber, Frank Kargl +2
Wireless chips and interfaces expose a substantial remote attack surface. As of today, most cellular baseband security research is performed on the Android ecosystem, leaving a hug…
Modern iOS Security Features -- A Deep Dive into SPTM, TXM, and Exclaves
Moritz Steffin, Jiska Classen
The XNU kernel is the basis of Apple's operating systems. Although labeled as a hybrid kernel, it is found to generally operate in a monolithic manner by defining a single privileg…
WatchWitch: Interoperability, Privacy, and Autonomy for the Apple Watch
Nils Rollshausen, Alexander Heinrich, Matthias Hollick +1
Smartwatches such as the Apple Watch collect vast amounts of intimate health and fitness data as we wear them. Users have little choice regarding how this data is processed: The Ap…