diff --git a/src/artifacts/apple/DyldSharedCacheReader.ts b/src/artifacts/apple/DyldSharedCacheReader.ts
index 2b5d5e8ee..33de04e09 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/apple/DyldSharedCacheReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/apple/DyldSharedCacheReader.ts
@@ -552,18 +552,31 @@ export class DyldSharedCache {
   ): Promise<string> {
     const hash = createHash("sha256");
     const buffer = Buffer.alloc(HASH_CHUNK_BYTES);
-    for (let position = 0; position < file.size;) {
+    let position = 0;
+    for (;;) {
       signal?.throwIfAborted();
+      if (position >= file.size) break;
       const { bytesRead } = await file.handle.read(
         buffer,
         0,
         Math.min(buffer.length, file.size - position),
         position,
       );
-      if (bytesRead === 0) break;
+      // A file truncated after open must not yield the surviving prefix's
+      // digest as the identity of the recorded size.
+      if (bytesRead === 0)
+        throw new ArtifactReaderFailure(
+          "integrity",
+          "dyld cache file changed while its digest was read",
+        );
       hash.update(buffer.subarray(0, bytesRead));
       position += bytesRead;
     }
+    if (position !== file.size)
+      throw new ArtifactReaderFailure(
+        "integrity",
+        "dyld cache file changed while its digest was read",
+      );
     return hash.digest("hex");
   }
 
diff --git a/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.test.ts
index 125c0b3f5..1d646c342 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.test.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ describe("Mach-O load command reader inputs", () => {
       { id: 2, name: "ios" },
       { id: 99, name: null },
     ]);
+    // Legacy version-min commands on Intel slices denote simulators.
+    const intel = await read(
+      machoImage({ cpu: CPU.x86_64, commands: [versionMin] }),
+    );
+    expect(intel.status === "parsed" && intel.slices[0]?.platforms).toEqual([
+      { id: 7, name: "ios-simulator" },
+    ]);
     // A 16-byte LC_BUILD_VERSION, and one that declares a tool it lacks.
     const truncated = buildVersionCommand(1).slice(0, 16);
     new DataView(truncated.buffer).setUint32(4, 16, true);
diff --git a/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.ts b/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.ts
index b1e3bafad..ea814444c 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/apple/MachoLoadCommandReader.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ const decodeCommands = (
         `load command ${index} at offset ${offset} has invalid cmdsize ${size}`,
       );
     const body = bytes.subarray(offset, offset + size);
-    decodeCommand(command, body, index, slice);
+    decodeCommand(command, body, index, slice, header.cpuType);
     offset += size;
   }
   // A header that declares fewer commands than its sizeofcmds could hide
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ const decodeCommand = (
   body: Uint8Array,
   index: number,
   slice: MachoSlice,
+  cpuType: number,
 ): void => {
   if (command === LC_ID_DYLIB) {
     slice.install_name = commandString(body, 24, index);
@@ -324,7 +325,20 @@ const decodeCommand = (
         "malformed",
         `load command ${index} is too short for a platform version`,
       );
-    const id = implied ?? viewOf(body).getUint32(8, true);
+    const declared = implied ?? viewOf(body).getUint32(8, true);
+    // Legacy LC_VERSION_MIN_* commands on Intel slices denote simulator
+    // platforms; Apple's decoder branches on the CPU type for these commands.
+    const intel = cpuType === 7 || cpuType === (7 | 0x01000000);
+    const id =
+      implied !== undefined && intel
+        ? declared === 2
+          ? 7
+          : declared === 3
+            ? 8
+            : declared === 4
+              ? 9
+              : declared
+        : declared;
     if (!slice.platforms.some((platform) => platform.id === id))
       slice.platforms.push(applePlatform(id));
     return;