180 - An iPod Nano Bug, XNU Vuln, and a WebKit UAF

An Apple-focused episode this week, with a trivial iPod Nano BootRom exploit, and a WebKit Use-after-free. We also have a really cool XNU Virutal Memory bug, strictly a race condition and a logic differential between two alternate paths resulting in bypassing copy-on-write protection. We also handle a few questions from chat, how much reverse engineering is necessary for vuln research, how much programming knowledge is required, and a bit about AI's applicability to reverse engineering.

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