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Hackers Release a New Jailbreak Tool For Almost Every iPhone (techcrunch.com) 28

An iPhone hacking team has released a new jailbreak tool for almost every iPhone, including the most recent models, by using the same vulnerability that Apple last month said was under active attack by hackers. TechCrunch reports: The Unc0ver team released its latest jailbreak this weekend, and says it works on iOS 11 (iPhone 5s and later) to iOS 14.3, which Apple released in December. In a tweet, the jailbreak group said it used its âoeown exploitâ for CVE-2021-1782, a kernel vulnerability that Apple said was one of three flaws that "may have been actively exploited" by hackers. By targeting the kernel, the hackers are able to get deep hooks into the underlying operating system.

Apple fixed the vulnerability in iOS 14.4, released last month, which also prevents the jailbreak from working on later versions. It was a rare admission that the iPhone was under active attack by hackers, but the company declined to say who the hackers were and who they were targeting. Apple also granted anonymity to the researcher who submitted the bug.

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Hackers Release a New Jailbreak Tool For Almost Every iPhone

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  • by Anonymous Coward

    I shall be reporting this egregious attack on the sacred devices used by Glorious iPhone Master Race IMMEDIATELY to Tim Apple, then the correct authorities.

  • by phantomfive ( 622387 ) on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:50PM (#61118306) Journal

    Apple's security approach is far behind the Android approach. Apple is barely getting the idea of jails, even though they've been in FreeBSD for almost two decades. Android has been isolating apps for a while.

  • by hcs_$reboot ( 1536101 ) on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:54PM (#61118320)
    I'm always a bit reluctant to execute the step 7., "Enter your Apple ID and password".
  • by magusxxx ( 751600 ) <magusxxx_2000NO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @01:04AM (#61118662)

    For a long time Apple has used this term which really means, "We're solely talking about jailbreakers and not people doing anything really malicious."

    Years ago Apple actually put out a quick "update" to patch nothing more than a new jailbreak which was released less than two weeks earlier.

    • > Years ago Apple actually put out a quick "update" to patch nothing more than a new jailbreak which was released less than two weeks earlier.

      The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more starsystems will slip through your fingers.

  • Now that I have a choice, I may just consider buying an iPhone for the first time in my life.
    • Re:Hm (Score:5, Insightful)

      by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) <drink@hyperlogos.org> on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:09AM (#61119310) Homepage Journal

      You have a choice between buying an iOS device, jailbreaking it, and then Apple updating the OS and leaving you behind; or buying an unlockable Android device, unlocking the bootloader, and installing something AOSP-based like LineageOS and not only having an upgrade plan, but also weekly OTAs for many platforms. (I get them on my Moto X4.) Which, mind you, you can download and install or not.

      Is that really even a choice?

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