iOS Exploit 'Checkm8' Could Allow Permanent iPhone Jailbreaks

A researcher is warning of an un-patchable bug affecting hundreds of millions of iPhones that gives attackers system-level access to handsets via an unblockable jailbreak hack. Right now, the scope of the attack is limited. The exploit is dubbed “checkm8” by a security researcher who goes by the...

Hacker Releases 'Unpatchable' Jailbreak For All iOS Devices, iPhone 4s to iPhone X

An iOS hacker and cybersecurity researcher today publicly released what he claimed to be a "permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit," in other words, an epic jailbreak that works on all iOS devices ranging from iPhone 4s A5 chip to iPhone 8 and iPhone X A11 chip. Dubbed Checkm8, the exploit leverag...

Absinthe Jailbreak for iPhone 4S Released

Less than three weeks after releasing a new jailbreak for iPhones running iOS 5.01, a team of researchers has now published a similar tool for jailbreaking the iPhone 4S and iPad2. The Absinthe jailbreak tool will allow users to run unsigned code on their devices and load apps from places other...