Linus Henze, the talented security researcher that brought us the Fugu15 rootless developer jailbreak that eventually helped lead to the creation of the Dopamine jailbreak for end users on iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1, turned a few heads on Wednesday with respect to his GitHub page.
When Apple released iOS & iPadOS 17.0.1 just over a week ago, we also touched on comments made by TrollStore lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev), who claimed that a bug possibly similar to the one used by TrollStore had been patched in iOS & iPadOS 16.7 and 17.0.
Get ready for a blast from the past; only, this is actual news in 2023. When we received a tip email about a new iPhone 4 jailbreak coming out, our staff looked at it cross-eyed for a moment, but we quickly realized that it was a serious tip.
One of the signature features of the new iPhone 15 Pro & Pro Max is that Apple has replaced the traditional ringer/silent switch with a customizable Action Button that works similarly to the one found on the Apple Watch Ultra, albeit without the screaming orange aesthetic.
PureKFD, a popular all-in-one package manager app for the MacDirtyCow and KFD exploits has been updated to version 4.0 in what is being described in its announcement as a “complete overhaul.”
One thing we take very seriously here at iDB is our coverage of jailbreak and iPhone hacking news. Unfortunately, we know that busy lives keep a lot of our readers from seeing the latest news as it unfolds, which is why we make roundups like this one every Sunday so that those readers can catch up.
RootHide, the popular new jailbreak detection bypass utility for the Dopamine jailbreak for arm64e devices running iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1, was updated to version 1.0.3 on Friday with a number of improvements.
As you may recall at the time that the kfd exploit emerged for iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6 beta 1, conversations immediately popped up regarding whether or not it could be used for a jailbreak. Following conversations by high-profile members of the jailbreak community, including Dopamine lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev), it became apparent that we would still need a PPL bypass for there to be any hope of a jailbreak.
The Sideloadly team has released an updated version of their popular app sideloading tool for iPhones and iPads this week in the form of version 0.50.0, addicting full support for Apple’s new macOS 14.0 Sonoma desktop operating system and removing the dependency of the Mail app extension.
If you weren’t already aware, there’s a new jailbreak detection bypass in town called RootHide for the Dopamine jailbreak for devices running iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1.
We previously showed you an AirDrop-enhancing jailbreak tweak called AirDrop16 that enabled users to choose how long AirDrop would broadcast to ‘Everyone’ before falling back to a more secure setting, such as ‘Contacts Only.’
It can be convenient to use AirDrop to share files with other iPhone, iPad, and Mac users over a wireless connection, but you will only be able to share files with yourself or close friends unless you select the ‘Everyone’ AirDrop option, and we all know how unpleasant it can be to receive unwarranted AirDrop requests from strangers — just look at the annoyance that can be caused by prank tools like AirTroller.