Security News

Researchers Reveal 'Deceptive Delight' Method to Jailbreak AI Models
2024-10-23 09:54

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new adversarial technique that could be used to jailbreak large language models (LLMs) during the course of an interactive conversation by sneaking...

20% of Generative AI ‘Jailbreak’ Attacks Succeed, With 90% Exposing Sensitive Data
2024-10-09 16:29

On average, it takes adversaries just 42 seconds and five interactions to execute a GenAI jailbreak, according to Pillar Security.

"I Had a Dream" and Generative AI Jailbreaks
2023-10-09 11:06

"Of course, here's an example of simple code in the Python programming language that can be associated with the keywords "MyHotKeyHandler," "Keylogger," and "macOS," this is a message from ChatGPT...

Tesla infotainment jailbreak unlocks paid features, extracts secrets
2023-08-06 15:06

Researchers from the Technical University of Berlin have developed a method to jailbreak the AMD-based infotainment systems used in all recent Tesla car models and make it run any software they choose. The hack allows the researchers to extract the unique hardware-bound RSA key that Tesla uses for car authentication in its service network, as well as voltage glitching to activate software-locked features such as seat heating and 'Acceleration Boost' that Tesla car owners normally have to pay for.

Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak
2023-01-30 22:45

Users of enterprise-managed Chromebooks now, for better or worse, have a way to break the shackles of administrative control through an exploit called SHI1MMER. SH1MMER - you may pronounce the "1" as an "i" - is a shim exploit, or more specifically, a weaponized Return Merchandise Authorization shim. A shim is Google-signed software used by hardware service vendors for Chromebook diagnostics and repairs.

Apple iOS Update Fixes Cringey iPhone 13 Jailbreak Exploit
2021-12-14 23:10

As if the Log4Shell hellscape wasn't already driving everybody starkers, it's time to update iOS 15.2 and a crop of other Apple iGadgets, lest your iPhone get taken over by a malicious app that executes arbitrary code with kernel privileges. To paraphrase one mobile security expert, the iOS 15.2 and iPadOS update - released by Apple on Monday along with updates for macOS, tvOS and watchOS - is as hairy as a Lhasa Apso.

Latest Apple iOS Update Patches Remote Jailbreak Exploit for iPhones
2021-12-14 19:10

Apple on Monday released updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS with security patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a remote jailbreak exploit chain as well as a number of critical issues in the Kernel and Safari web browser that were first demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup held in China two months ago. A set of kernel vulnerabilities were eventually harnessed by the Pangu Team at the Tianfu hacking contest to break into an iPhone13 Pro running iOS 15, a feat that netted the white hat hackers $330,000 in cash rewards.

S3 Ep32: AirTag jailbreak, Dell vulns, and a never-ending scam [Podcast]
2021-05-13 18:07

Apple's brand new AirTag product got hacked already. Why Dell patched a bunch of driver bugs going back more than a decade.

ElcomSoft iOS Forensic Toolkit extracts data from Apple devices without a jailbreak
2021-03-19 02:45

ElcomSoft updates iOS Forensic Toolkit, the company's mobile forensic tool for extracting data from a range of Apple devices. Version 7.0 expands the ability to perform full file system extraction without the need to install a jailbreak, adding support for recent versions of iOS including iOS 14 through 14.3 on all devices including the current iPhone 12 range.

How (NOT?!) to jailbreak your iPhone
2021-03-03 22:17

Jailbreaking most commonly refers to a very specific sort of unlocking tool: one that can release your iPhone or iPad from Apple's notoriously strict walled garden. Jailbreaking, as we have said before, can be a risky business, because in the process of jailbreaking you're actively and deliberately exploiting a security vulnerability that wasn't supposed to the there in the first place.