Unpatchable 'usbliter8' Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain

2026-06-20T07:24:08Z58a0cc42cfbc8124978012e1aea8f3e77c90ed44aebafffa784992d5954de4ad
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What happened

A consolidated week of high-impact security events: researchers disclosed an unpatchable usbliter8 exploit that achieves arbitrary code execution in Apple A12/A13 SecureROMs; active mass compromises and warnings including the FortiBleed campaign affecting ~86,644 FortiGate devices (CISA advisory) and a law-enforcement takedown of SocGholish infrastructure; multiple critical vulnerabilities and advisories (NGINX RCE, Beats Studio Buds Bluetooth auth bypass, Joomla JCE actively exploited) and Microsoft’s Defender zero-day (RoguePlanet) with a patch in development. The feed also highlights active

Why it matters

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2026-06-20T07:24:08Z
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