IOS 4.x Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Jailbreakme site utilizes PDF exploit in iOS

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 3rd, 2010)

We reported on the return of browser-based jailbreakme.com yesterday. Today IT security guru F-Secure revealed just how the site is able to work. The jailbreak method utilizes a PDF exploit found in the iOS software. Charlie Miller with Independent Security Evaluators, tweeted, " Starting to get ...

iPhone devteam releases browser-based 4.x jailbreak

by Erica Sadun (Aug 1st, 2010)

Have you been waiting for an easy-to-use jailbreak for your iOS 4.x device? Well, you may have to wait a little longer. Last we checked, the just-announced browser-based jailbreak (a return of jailbreakme.com) was so swamped that the server stopped responding. Jailbreak expert Comex tweets that he ...