Apple's iPhone 15: Hardware Hacking and USB-C Debugging - 37C3

Explore the evolution of iPhone hardware hacking and the new challenges presented by the iPhone 15's USB-C port in this 36-minute conference talk. Delve into the history of Lightning-based iPhone debugging tools like the Kanzi, Kong, and Bonobo cables, and learn how they became obsolete with the introduction of USB-C. Discover how researchers adapted existing tools and developed new hardware and software solutions to access the JTAG interface on the iPhone 15. Gain insights into the use of USB-C's Vendor Defined Messages (VDM) for debugging Apple Silicon devices, and learn about the open-source Tamarin-C firmware for integrated debugging of iPhone 15 and other Apple Silicon devices. Understand the limitations of these techniques on production iPhones and the potential for future work in this field.

37C3 - Apple's iPhone 15: Under the C