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ironPeak
Company blog · ironpeak.be/blogsecurity
ironPeak is the company blog at ironpeak.be, writing about security. Since 2020, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Crouching T2, Hidden Danger”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment quotes a post about the Apple T2 security chip, its SepOS firmware, and the checkm8/checkra1n exploit that could bypass activation lock. The comment gives no view on the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Belgian CyberSecurity Consulting.
Most-linked posts?
- Crouching T2, Hidden Danger6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2020-10-05
- Pardon MIE?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-05-23
What Hacker News says?
> The mini operating system on the T2 (SepOS) suffers from a security vulnerable also found in the iPhone 7 since it contains a processor based on the iOS A10. > ..Using the checkm8 exploit originally made for iPhones, the checkra1n exploit was developed to build a semi-tethered exploit for the T2 security chip, exploiting a flaw. This could be used to e.g. circumvent activation lock, allowing stolen iPhones or macO…
Comment linking /blog/crouching-t2-hidden-danger/
on “Apple's apps bypass firewalls like LittleSnitch and LuLu on macOS Big Sur”Submitted Crouching T2, Hidden Danger as a story · 226 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crouching T2, Hidden Danger: the Apple T2 vulnerability nobody talks about as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pardon MIE? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mac OS T2 chip Vulnerability Discovered as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crouching T2, Hidden Danger as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ex-ARRR: Sailing the 0-click Seas as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pardon MIE? – Researchers Discover First Bypass of Apple's Memory Integrity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple T2 chip may have an unpatchable security flaw as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bypassing Apple MIE as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Leaking Secrets from the Claud as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blog: Securing production access to cloud and network using Azure PIM as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
