”Do Low-level Optimizations Matter?” Yes, they do (sometimes)! cantrip.org/sortfast.html by Nathan Myers is a fascinating read on how to optimize something as well studied like sort() for contemporary CPUs!
Lead the team that owns one of the most critical piece of our security strategy, and help defend more than 1.5B users. Also you get to work for a great guy, think about it. Only downside is I have you on speed dial…
I’m hiring an engineering manager for the Secure Enclave OS to lead a strong team that sets a higher bar each year for software/hardware security. If you want to help evolve a key security component trusted by a billion users, please reach out! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details…
My parents are currently on the Eurostar, it seems my father got into conversation with a Brexity type and told him he was on his way to Paris on behalf of the UK government to renegotiate EU membership for the UK. Apparently the man is now on the phone angrily calling people.
Oh hey, the Apple platform security guide is updated to describe the last little bit that made it easier to run a custom XNU or 3rd party boot loader on M1 Macs: coih (Custom OS Image4 Manifest Hash). Thanks changelog! support.apple.com/guide/secu…
The XNU drop is out!
It was pretty big again for zalloc (among tons of other things):
- fully external metadata
- unified foreign memory metadata
- dynamic cache sizing and working set estimation
- improved (accidental) UaF detection
- extensive doc
opensource.apple.com/source/…
Love to find vulnerabilities in the kernel & throughout our OSes? Want to design mitigations, and ship code to billions of users? Come join us in Apple's Security Engineering and Architecture team! DMs welcome.
jobs.apple.com/en-us/details…
Whoa. @Forbes chief content officer warns against hiring @kayleighmcenany or other prominent Trump flacks: “Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie.” forbes.com/sites/randalllane…
This is really big and great to see, Apple has released a guide for securing personal devices and data when personal safety is at risk:
manuals.info.apple.com/MANUA…
this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it's not a small problem--it cost us 16.65 *billion* dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.