Hacker News
- Bootrom exploit for all A5 to A11 iPhones and other Apple devices https://twitter.com/axi0mX/status/1177542201670168576 2 comments
- Near-universal (pre iPhone 11) iOS bootrom exploit https://twitter.com/axi0mx/status/1177542201670168576 4 comments
- The new apple checkm8 unpatchable bootrom jailbreak is going to make iOs devices a lot less secure for cryptocurrency. A shady reseller of used iOs devices could use this to put code on phones that will later in life steal cryptocurrency. It also will also give thieves access to your crypto. https://twitter.com/axi0mX/status/1177542201670168576 4 comments btc
- EPIC JAILBREAK: Introducing checkm8 (read "checkmate"), a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices. Most generations of iPhones and iPads are vulnerable: from iPhone 4S (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip). https://twitter.com/axi0mX/status/1177542201670168576 139 comments programming
- Permanent jailbreak for A5 to A11 devices released, first jailbreak of its kind since 2009 https://mobile.twitter.com/axi0mx/status/1177542201670168576?s=20 1286 comments apple
- bootROM exploit for multiple generations of iPhones and iPads till the A11 chip (iPhone X) https://twitter.com/axi0mX/status/1177542201670168576?s=20 52 comments privacy
Linking pages
- Tethered jailbreaks are back | Trail of Bits Blog https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/09/27/tethered-jailbreaks-are-back/ 117 comments
- New iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones | Malwarebytes Labs https://blog.malwarebytes.com/mac/2019/09/new-ios-exploit-checkm8-allows-permanent-compromise-of-iphones/ 27 comments
- New iPhone exploit rocks the jailbreaking community | Mashable https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-exploit-jailbreaking 10 comments
- Technical analysis of the checkm8 exploit / Habr https://habr.com/en/company/dsec/blog/472762/ 6 comments
- Unpatchable bug in millions of iOS devices exploited, developer claims | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/unpatchable-bug-in-millions-of-ios-devices-exploited-developer-claims/ 3 comments
- ‘Unpatchable’ iOS exploit may bring permanent iPhone jailbreak - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/27/ios-unpatchable-ios-exploit-jailbreak-iphone-x/ 0 comments
- Two iPhone jailbreaks can be used to hack the T2 security chip on newer Macs | TechSpot https://www.techspot.com/news/87009-two-iphone-jailbreaks-can-used-hack-t2-security.html 0 comments