Brandon Azad officially releases OOB Timestamp exploit for iOS 13.0-13.3

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 7, 2020

Several days ago, hacker and iOS security researcher Brandon Azad took the jailbreak community by storm when he said he would soon be releasing a new kernel exploit proof-of-concept targeting the iPhone 11 on iOS 13.3. It didn’t take long after that for unc0ver jailbreak lead developer Pwn20wnd to add that unc0ver would likely receive an update incorporating the new exploit.

The teasers have awakened a brand-new audience in the jailbreak community, namely those handling Apple’s latest handsets like the iPhone 11 and variants of the iPhone 11 Pro. But all that hype aside, Azad officially released his new kernel exploit proof of concept Friday afternoon, and he’s calling it OOB Timestamp:

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Pwn20wnd touts progress on PAC-less tweak injection on iOS 13

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 7, 2020

If you’ve been following the jailbreak community as of late, then you’ve undoubtedly caught wind of Pwn20wnd’s plethora of recent announcements regarding the potential synergy between the unc0ver jailbreak tool and Brandon Azad’s yet-to-be-released tfp0 exploit.

Azad’s exploit was initially revealed to work on the iPhone 11 running iOS 13.3, and according to Pwn20wnd, it should also be viable on A12(X) devices and with all firmware versions between iOS 13.0-13.3. At the same time, Pwn20wnd cited three notable hurdles that would need to be dealt with if tweak injection was to work in the PAC-less implementation on iOS 13 via unc0ver.

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France’s watchdog fines Apple 25 million euros over iPhone throttling

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 7, 2020
iPhone battery replacement

Apple was blamed for supposed planned obsolescence of its products before, but nothing like when it was discovered that an iOS software update intentionally slowed down older handset models with worn-out batteries. The technology giant was sued over the practice in multiple courts and now a French consumer fraud group has fined the company 25 million euros, or about $27.5 million, because it had failed to properly inform its customers that iOS software updates might cause their iPhone to run slower than usual.

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