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iPhone SMS spoofing bug reportedly fixed in iOS 6

By Louis Goddard on September 20, 2012 04:29 am + 12 comments

A serious bug which allowed senders to spoof SMS messages on iOS, causing them to appear as if they Continue reading…
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Apple responds to SMS security warning, says iMessage 'protects against these kinds of attacks' (update)

By Bryan Bishop on August 18, 2012 02:46 pm + 139 comments

Yesterday we reported on an SMS exploit that could cause iPhone users to send text messages to Continue reading…
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Security researcher exposes a five-year-old SMS flaw in iOS (update)

By Zenonas Kyprianou on August 17, 2012 10:24 am + 77 comments

Security researcher and iOS hacker pod2g has detailed a "serious" security flaw affecting all Continue reading…
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Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 released for Windows

By Aaron Souppouris on January 23, 2012 11:28 am + 20 comments

Just two days have passed since the OSX release of Absinthe, Chronic Dev Team's jailbreaking tool Continue reading…
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iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreak ready to download

By Aaron Souppouris on January 20, 2012 11:57 am + 52 comments

After numerous teases, pod2g's "corona" exploit has finally come to Apple's A5-powered devices. The Continue reading…
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iPhone 4S jailbreak demonstrated on video

By Thomas Ricker on January 16, 2012 05:42 am + 50 comments

Prolific iOS hacker pod2g posted a video of a jailbroken iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0.1 to his blog. Continue reading…
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iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak now untethered for all but iPhone 4S and iPad 2

By Thomas Ricker on December 27, 2011 06:00 am + 46 comments

All iOS devices except the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 have been set free of their tethered jailbreak Continue reading…
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iOS 5.0.1 Redsn0w tethered jailbreak released for all but iPhone 4S and iPad 2 owners

By Jamie Keene on December 19, 2011 07:43 am + 16 comments

For those of you who can't wait for pod2g's untethered jailbreak, The iPhone Dev Team has released a Continue reading…
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iOS 5.0 untethered jailbreak demonstrated on video

By Thomas Ricker on December 9, 2011 07:34 am + 32 comments

Prodigious iOS hacker pod2g just posted a video demonstrating an untethered iOS 5.0 jailbreak. Continue reading…
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iOS 5 bug found by hacker may lead to untethered jailbreak

By T.C. Sottek on November 7, 2011 09:32 am + 9 comments

There may be light at the end of the tunnel for jailbreakers eagerly awaiting a method to untether Continue reading…