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Jailbreak hacker unleashes exploit code

Jailbreak hacker unleashes exploit code

News Mobile & Telco

The hacker behind the jailbreakme.com exploit has posted the source code for the hacks just minutes after Apple plugged the hole. In what seems to us like the worst case of sour grapes we've seen for some time, the hacker behind the browser-based jailbreak known only as Comex has freely distributed the nuts and bolts of the hack to anyone with access to the Internet. It's not unusual for hackers to publish the source code of vulnerabilities after the hole which they...



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Fake iPhone 4S Jailbreak app Removed from App Store

Fake iPhone 4S Jailbreak app Removed from App Store

News Mobile & Telco

Considering the supposed "stringent approval process" that guards over Apple's App Store, it is curious how a fake app could have been available for two weeks without Apple's team even noticing it. To make matters even more...


Apple Offers Internship to Famed Cyber-Hacker Nicholas Allegra

Apple Offers Internship to Famed Cyber-Hacker Nicholas Allegra

News Web

Just a day after Steve Job’s resignation as the CEO of Apple Inc., the iPhone maker has hired well-known developer and hacker Nicholas Allegra - most famously known in the cyber world as Comex.Nicholas Allegra is the...


iOS Jailbreaker joins Apple

iOS Jailbreaker joins Apple

Coding whizz offered internship as Jobs set sail

News Security

An iOS Jailbreaker has shocked some of his chums, while impressing others by announcing he'll be taking up an internship at Apple within days. Nineteen-year old Nicholas Allegra, known as Comex for his work on the iPhone Dev...


AMNews: Cheaper $350 iPhone Variant, Apple Brings New Thunderbolt Display, iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak Source Code

AMNews: Cheaper $350 iPhone Variant, Apple Brings New Thunderbolt Display, iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak Source Code

News Mobile & Telco

Apple may launch a cheaper iPhone, one that costs as little as $350 SIM Free/unlocked (or around £350 if you live on this side of the Atlantic Ocean); that's according to the latest rumours that have emerged online....


Will We Have To Pay For iPad 2 Jailbreak Tool?

Will We Have To Pay For iPad 2 Jailbreak Tool?

News Hardware

Recent tweets from certain hackers suggest that the iPad 2 jailbreak might not come free of charge, according to a report on tech website TFTS, although this allegation has yet to be confirmed. Apple has managed to repair the...


GeoHot Sets Sight On iPad 2 Jailbreak

GeoHot Sets Sight On iPad 2 Jailbreak

News Hardware

George Hotz, the guy known for cracking the Sony Playstation 3 gaming console, has accepted a challenge from fellow iPhone hacker, Joshua Hill, to "dump the iPad 2 BootROM" before he does. Hill, also known as @p0sixninja is the...


Jailbreak for Apple iOS 4.3 Released After One Day

Jailbreak for Apple iOS 4.3 Released After One Day

News Operating Systems

Hackers have released a jailbreak for Apple's iOS 4.3 platform less than 24 hours after the iPhone maker released it for download. According to the Daily iPhone Blog, developers have released an untethered jailbreak for Apple's...


Apple Create Anti-Jailbreak Mechanism For iBooks

Apple Create Anti-Jailbreak Mechanism For iBooks

News Security

In an attempt to discourage customers from jailbreaking their iPhones and iPads, Apple has updated its iBooks ebook application to stop working on jailbroken iOS devices. According to the Social Apples blog, iOS devices that have...


Apple iBooks update thwarts jailbreakers

Apple iBooks update thwarts jailbreakers

No reading for you, me laddo

News Developer

Undeterred by a recent US court ruling which said that jailbreaking its devices is perfectly legal, Apple has apparently decided to put new barriers in the way of those who choose not to live within the confines of the iOS...


Greenpois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Released

Greenpois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Released

News Operating Systems

The Chronic Dev Team has finally released the greenpois0n jailbreak tool for Windows, with Mac and Linux versions expected to be following soon. The greenpois0n jailbreak tool was supposed to launch earlier, but was delayed when...


iPhone Dev Team Planning iOS 4.1 Jailbreak

iPhone Dev Team Planning iOS 4.1 Jailbreak

News Operating Systems

The iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that it will start working on a new Jailbreak as soon as Apple releases the iOS 4.1 software update for its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.The confirmation was made via Twitter by...


iPhone Exploit Code Made Public

iPhone Exploit Code Made Public

News Mobile & Telco

Apple yesterday released an update which patches two vulnerabilities that are exploited in the Jailbreakme hack for iOS 4 devices.Comex, the creator of the hack, has responded by publicly releasing the source code to the exploit,...


Apple outs anti-jailbreak update

Apple outs anti-jailbreak update

Doesn't fix any real issues

News Mobile & Telco

Apple has issued an emergency update for devices running the iOS4 mobile operating system. iOS4.0.2 plugs the security hole exploited by the iPhone Dev Team to allow pain-free jailbreaking of the iPhone 4 and its manifold...


Flash ported to iPhone 4

Flash ported to iPhone 4

At last a real reason to jailbreak

News Mobile & Telco

We've been looking for a viable reason to jailbreak the iPhone 4 for some time now but as yet have remained unconvinced by most arguments to footle with the innards of our precious handset. But if there's one application bound...


Frash Brings Flash To The iPhone 4

Frash Brings Flash To The iPhone 4

News Business

Frash, the application that brings Adobe's Flash software to jailbroken iPads, has now been ported to work on iOS 4 powered Apple devices.The application has been altered by iPhone developer Comex, the person behind the...

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