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• Jailbreak of Apple iOS 5.1.1 due 'in days'

  By John Cox | 23 May, 2012 04:26

  Hackers claim to be just days away from jailbreaking Apple devices running iOS 5.1.1, the latest firmware release for iPhones and iPads, letting users load applications from outside of Apple's iTunes App Store.

• Hackers claim 'jailbreak' victory with PS3 USB key

  By Matt Peckham | 21 August, 2010 04:29

  In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true.

• The Web-based iOS jailbreak tool- how does it work?

  By Mike Keller | 03 August, 2010 04:57

  Hot on the heels of the U.S. Copyright office declaring jailbreaking smartphones legal, a new web-based iOS jailbreak tool has surfaced. The new tool makes the jailbreaking process leaps and bounds simpler than past PC-based tools.

• Hackers edge toward unlocking iPhone 4 OS and network

  By John Cox | 08 July, 2010 02:48

  The hacker group known as iPhone Dev-Team apparently is close to unlocking iPhone 4 in order to run unofficial apps and to use other GSM cellular networks besides AT&T.

• Unteathered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

  By Alessondra Springmann | 05 May, 2010 04:43

  A new jailbreak for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches has been released, mere days after of the iPad 3G release in the US. Called Spirit, this hack lets you jailbreak your Apple mobile devices without connecting them to a computer. While this isn't a carrier unlock (the iPad 3G has no carrier lock, and has been hacked to accept a trimmed-down T-Mobile SIM and natively send SMS), the jailbreak lets you get applications from sources outside of the Apple App Store and otherwise customize your iPhone or iPad experience.

• Apple banning hackers from the App Store?

  By Jared Newman | 17 February, 2010 07:16

  A curious thing happened recently to two prominent iPhone hackers: Upon trying to log in to the iPhone's App Store, they get error messages saying their Apple ID was banned for "security reasons."

• 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your iPhone

  By InfoWorld staff | 05 January, 2010 11:26

  Apple doesn't want you to use them, but the following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones.

• New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones

  By Mike Keller | 12 November, 2009 08:40

  Late last week, an Australian hacker dubbed ikee deployed the Rickrolling worm - a harmless and humorous worm that installs a picture of 80s one hit wonder Rick Astley to affected users' home screens. Rickrolling serves not so much as malware but as a warning to jailbreak users who have installed SSH in order to gain root access to their iPhone's file system from the internet but have neglected to change the default password, even though not doing so is clearly warned against in the installation documentation.

• New iPhone malware steals data from jailbroken phones

  By Jeremy Kirk | 12 November, 2009 00:46

  Another piece of dangerous code that attacks iPhones has been found, although it puts at risk only a very small subset of the smartphone's users.

• iPhone security problems bring new risks

  By Andreas M. Antonopoulos | 12 November, 2009 04:35

  In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the SSH server that is installed on jail-broken iPhones. While one worm is a mostly a nuisance, the second siphons personal information from the iPhone, which makes it a serious identity theft threat.

• Hackers pillage jailbroken iPhones

  By Gregg Keizer | 12 November, 2009 07:16

  Hackers are plundering personal data from jailbroken iPhones using the tactic demonstrated last week by an Australian programmer's self-described "prank," researchers said today.

• Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher

  By Gregg Keizer | 10 November, 2009 05:25

  Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.

• iPhone 'rickroll' worm is no threat to most users

  By Daniel Ionescu | 10 November, 2009 02:07

  The first worm to infect the iPhone will not affect most users of Apple's smartphone, despite worrying reports. The ikee worm only affects jailbroken iPhones, representing a minority percentage of iPhones on the market.

• iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones

  By Erik Larkin | 10 November, 2009 06:38

  A mischievous iPhone worm that targets Australian jailbroken phones is changing the phone's wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley.

• First iPhone worm spreads Rick Astley wallpaper

  By Robert McMillan | 09 November, 2009 08:25

  The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.