An iOS security researcher announced on Twitter earlier today that they have discovered a new jailbreak for iPhones (via The Verge). This new exploit — based on a bootrom vulnerability — is called ...

The mobile tech world, and especially the Apple corner of that world, was flooded by news over the weekend about what could have been Apple's worst nightmare come to life. Just like what happened on ...

There’s a new iPhone jailbreak – and it’s significant. “This is possibly the biggest news in iOS jailbreak community history in years,” security researcher Axi0mX declared on Twitter, as the hacker ...

A new BootROM exploit – which is unpatchable – potentially opens the door to jailbreaks, a researcher said. A researcher is warning of an un-patchable bug affecting hundreds of millions of iPhones ...

A security researcher has released today a new jailbreak that impacts all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets -- chips included in all Apple products released between 2011 and 2017, spanning ...

Often, when new iOS jailbreaks become public, the event is bittersweet. The exploit allowing people to bypass restrictions Apple puts into the mobile operating system allows hobbyists and researchers ...

Jailbreaking devices such as iPhones allows developers to bypass restrictions imposed on device OSs, download apps from platforms other than legitimate app stores, and customize devices freely I can ...

Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been reporting and editing for more than a decade, including at the National Journal and Current TV. A new jailbreak ...

It has been a week since the release of Checkra1n, the world’s first jailbreak for devices running Apple’s iOS 13. Because jailbreaks are so powerful and by definition disable a host of protections ...