Jailbreak Tool Works on iPhones Up to iOS 14.3

Hackers behind previous iPhone jailbreak tools have released a jailbreak update based on a recently discovered and patched iPhone vulnerability. According to iPhone jailbreakers at UnC0ver, the tool allows users to take full control over unpatched iPhones. The jailbreak—which UnC0ver said works o...

Just-Released Checkra1n iPhone Jailbreak Stirs Security Concerns

With the checkra1n iPhone jailbreak now available, security experts are urging mobile-device managers to keep on their toes as the powerful new tool becomes available to hackers and iPhone users who may recklessly use it. Jailbreaking is the process of hacking these devices to bypass DRM...

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...

Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 22)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. What’s old is new again. Our research this week centers around a series of long-lasting threat actors and malware that have been given n...

iphonejailbreakguide.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-702209 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| iphonejailbreakguide.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:...

Researchers Find Bug in SMS App That Can Lead to iPhone Exploits

Researchers have identified a bug in an application that can enable attackers potentially to gain control of a victim’s iPhone. The app in question, TreasonSMS, enables users to send SMS messages from a desktop Web browser by using their iPhones as Web servers. The bug lies in the way that the...

Google+ Hacker Florian Rohrweck Hired By Google for Security

Google+ Hacker Florian Rohrweck Hired By Google for Security Austrian blogger/developer Florian Rohrweck, who discovered unreleased Google+ features by exploring the source code, was hired by Google. Rohrweck's main claim to fame was a period of snooping on the code behind Google's various web...

Google+ Hacker Florian Rohrweck Hired By Google for Security

Google+ Hacker Florian Rohrweck Hired By Google for Security Austrian blogger/developer Florian Rohrweck, who discovered unreleased Google+ features by exploring the source code, was hired by Google. Rohrweck's main claim to fame was a period of snooping on the code behind Google's various web...

New Safari Bug Being Used to Jailbreak iPhones

A Web site set up to help iPhone users jailbreak their devices is using a flaw in the way that the iPhone handles PDF files to escape the phone’s sandbox security function and enable users to load applications that aren’t in Apple’s official App Store. The same flaw could easily be used to instal...