United Kingdom, Sept. 11 -- Apple claims it is introducing "the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems".

The tech giant - which unveiled the iPhone 17 family of devices this week - has also unveiled plans to target the spyware industry with what the company has branded Memory Integrity Enforcement.

Changes are being made to Apple's OS, chips and development tools to tackle those who make exploits for tools like Pegasus.

They said in a blog post: "With the introduction of the iPhone 17 lineup and iPhone Air, we're excited to deliver Memory Integrity Enforcement:

"The industry's first ever, comprehensive, always-on memory-safety protection covering key attack surfaces - including the kerne...