Security News

"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.

New 'unc0ver' Tool Can Jailbreak All iPhone Models Running iOS 11.0 - 14.3
2021-03-02 22:24

A popular jailbreaking tool called "Unc0ver" has been updated to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, thereby making it possible to unlock almost every single iPhone model using a vulnerability that Apple in January disclosed was actively exploited in the wild. The latest release, dubbed unc0ver v6.0.0, was released on Sunday, according to its lead developer Pwn20wnd, expanding its compatibility to jailbreak any device running iOS 11.0 through iOS 14.3 using a kernel vulnerability, including iOS 12.4.9-12.5.1, 13.5.1-13.7, and 14.0-14.3.

Jailbreak Tool Works on iPhones Up to iOS 14.3
2021-03-02 17:54

The jailbreak-which UnC0ver said works on iOS versions 11.0 to 14.3-exploits the kernel vulnerability CVE-2021-1782, one of three iOS flaws for which Apple released an emergency update, iOS 14.4, last month. Anyone with a device running 14.3 or earlier version of iOS can use the tool to hack into their iPhone, according to UnC0ver.