Researchers Devise Malware That Runs When an iPhone is Powered Off

It’s worth pointing out that the researchers used a jailbroken iPhone to conduct the experiment. This means that the average out-of-the-box iPhone user is unlikely to experience an attack like the one simulated here—but that doesn’t mean Apple’s constantly-running LPM features are impervious to manipulation. If Apple’s LPM-associated elements aren’t protected by firmware, they’re vulnerable, whether the iPhone they’re inside of is jailbroken or not.

The researchers say they alerted Apple to these vulnerabilities. Apple reportedly read the researchers’ paper but “had no feedback on the paper’s contents.”

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