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New jailbroken iPhone worm is malicious


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Published Nov. 23, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
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Last month a Dutch iPhone user demonstrated how careless jailbreaking can cause trouble. Namely, after finding users who enabled SSH with the phone's default password intact, he sent those phones a message that read, "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files." A similar worm caused phones to rickroll their owners ... They could have done worse. This week, someone has. Again from

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Jailbreaking your iPhone: The pros and cons


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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 5:49 a.m.
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Suppose you’re interested in a relatively simple jailbreak to experience third-party apps on your iPhone. This has some definite advantages, but some cautions to consider as well ...

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Hiring a new sheriff: Apple clamping down on jailbreaking to soothe corporate angst?


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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
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With the latest jailbreaking code, blacksn0w, now available for Geohot's blackra1n utility, iPhone owners who want to free their favorite smartphone from the constraints of the App Store and the AT&T network may do so. But a recent report by PCWorld / Network World indicates that Apple is hiring a new "sheriff" to lock up the iPhone platform for good. Is this true? Maybe not ... According to the post by Network World blogger John Cox, an Apple corporate website is showing a job posting for an

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First iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones


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Published Nov. 8, 2009 at 10:48 p.m.
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We sort of knew this would happen as soon as we heard about that iPhone wallpaper hack in the Netherlands -- a hacker named ikex has created what's apparently the first iPhone worm, and it's currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The "ikee" worm, as it's being called, takes advantage of the fact that jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed all have the same default root password of "alpine," and once in the system it changes your wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley and then

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Blackra1n RC3 unlocks iPhone 3GS


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Published Nov. 4, 2009 at 7:33 p.m.

iPhone OS hacker GeoHot on Tuesday released Blackra1n RC3, an updated jailbreak and unlock utility for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch ... Originally posted at iPhone Atlas ...

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Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes [IPhone]


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Published Nov. 3, 2009 at 1:58 p.m.
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Blacksn0w, child of overserious shadow-lurker GeoHot and brother of equally straighforward jailbreak app Blackra1n, is now available, and should make unlocking your late-version iPhone 3G or 3GS a dead-simple process. Before you dive in, though, there's one caveat: ... Apple can permanently patch the blacksn0w exploit in their next firmware update. You must download Cydia's "On File" system in case Apple blocks more exploits in future updates ... It's still safe to run the tool, but keep in mind

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Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition [IPhone Apps]


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Published Oct. 31, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
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Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? ... The Month's Best ... Layar: There's the obvious reason to be excited about this: ... Layar, the first camera-based AR app to really blow us (or anyone) away, has quietly slipped into the App Store. As with the Android version, the app overlays all kinds of information onto a live view of the world around you ...

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iPhone OS 3.1.2 Unlock Accomplished, Dropping November 4 [Jailbreak]


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Published Oct. 31, 2009 at 3:12 p.m.
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Geohot, the same hacker who first jailbroke OS 3.1.2, is now also the first to crack the 3.1.2 baseband. Previously, anyone who had unlocked their phone at version 3.0 or lower was fine as long as they were careful when upgrading, but anyone running 3.1 or higher was out of luck. Good news for anyone looking to unlock a newly purchased device. You'll have to be patient, though. The exploit won't be released until November 4. [BGR] ...

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Blackra1n RC 2 released for your jailbreaking pleasure


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Published Oct. 26, 2009 at 12:07 p.m.

Our favorite iPhone outlaw, geohot, has released an update to the iPhone jailbreak software blackra1n. Dubbed RC2 the update addresses several issues including: Fixes 3G signal issuesTethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB iPod touch 8GB and new 3GS’Fixes issues… ...

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Windows 7 Burger Hacked and Unlocked [Humor]


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Published Oct. 24, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
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The Windows 7 burger is region locked to Japan. Fortunately one amazing hacker found a way to hack the sandwich for region-free consumption. You're looking at the results: the world's first unlocked cheeseburger ... This hacker also accomplished what may be the world's first burger jailbreak. There's a ton of functionality added in like cheese and extra sauces, the kind of stuff the stock build can't touch ... Instructions on how to hack and unlock your own Windows 7 burger are provided at the

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