Go through these points if you have reason to believe your iPhone or iPad has been hacked or compromised, or that someone else is using it.
If someone is accessing your iPhone without physical access
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Opinion: With iOS 26 over the horizon, jailbreaking iPhones is officially a thing of the past
I have spent the last 15 years owning jailbroken iPhones, iPod touches, iPads, and even Apple TVs. At the very beginning, it was my friends who encouraged me to try it. I was always skeptical, thinking it would cause issues with my device or void my warranty with Apple. But after I tried it, I never really looked back.
DirtyZero v1.1 released with an updated user interface, additional features, and QoL improvements
Back in May, we showed you a duo of utilities that harnessed Ian Beer’s CVE-2025-24203 vulnerability writeup to bring MacDirtyCow-like tweaks to newer firmware without a jailbreak. One of those tools was called dirtyZero.
EverPwnage jailbreak updated to v1.3 with new exploit, support for more firmware
Despite being intended for older device and firmware combinations, iOS developer LukeZGD’s EverPwnage jailbreak tool has been receiving a lot of updates recently with support for more devices and firmware versions.
Hacker gets macOS running on a jailbroken iPhone
Have you ever wished for the day when you’d be able to run macOS on your iPhone or iPad? This is certainly a pipe dream for many users, and something Apple never plans to implement, but one hacker has managed to get things working – at least partially.
Forte is a new tool for sideloaders that can convert .deb into .dylib
If you utilize tools like LiveContainer or TrollFools to inject hacks and add-ons into your apps for augmented functionality, then you might take an interest in a newly released and free tool called Forte by iOS developer Dr-Sauce.
LeminLimez releases updated builds of Nugget & Pocket Poster with bug fixes & improvements
iOS developer LeminLimez has been busy improving two of his most popular recent projects in the iPhone hacking community – Nugget, a device customization toolbox that supports iOS versions 17.0-18.1.1, and Pocket Poster, an on-device animated wallpaper utility for iPhones running iOS versions 17.0 and later.
EverPwnage v1.2 released to support 32-bit devices running iOS 9.1-9.3.4
We’ve been reporting about the EverPwnage jailbreak by LukeZGD for certain firmware running on certain 32-bit devices since it first debuted back in December of 2024, and despite being developed for what many would consider outdated devices by today’s standards, the developer continues to push improvements to EverPwnage by way of updates.
Vertex exploit gets updated to support all versions of iOS 14 and 15
In case you haven’t been paying attention to the jailbreak scene, security researcher @alfiecg_dev recently used a custom kernel exploit called Vertex to tease the Apex jailbreak for select iOS 14 devices.
Pocket Poster v2.0 released with support for video wallpapers, improved UI, & translations for 21+ languages
In addition to launching Nugget v6.1 on Monday, iOS developer LeminLimez also pushed out an update to Pocket Poster, bringing up to version 2.0 with a plethora of bug fixes and new features that will enhance the user experience for all users.
Software tinkerer gets iOS running on a first-generation Nintendo Switch via QEMU
While the Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage lately with respect to headlines, we car across something on social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) this week involving the original Nintendo Switch that may have some of you doing a double take, and rightfully so.
LeminLimez says upcoming hack could enable custom CarPlay wallpapers without a jailbreak
In a post shared to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Monday Nugget and Pocket Poster lead developer LeminLimez said that it would be possible to apply custom CarPlay wallpapers with Pocket Poster.