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Apple IOS 4.3.4 Jailbroken Hours After Update

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the give-us-the-option dept.

Stoobalou writes "The cat and mouse game between Apple and the jailbreaking community continues unabated as an updated version of PwnageTool hits the web just hours after apple updated its iOS mobile operating system to lock out the JailbreakMe PDF-based exploit."

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  1. Slashdot used to be run by technical editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, this isn't a new jailbreak. It's an existing exploit which uses the same hardware exploit found by Geohot MONTHS ago. The exploit install software is now configured for the new iOS version is all. This is why it's a TETHERED exploit, as the untethered exploit add-on no longer works in 4.3.4.

    Is anyone technical even working at Slashdot anymore?

  2. Tethered jailbreak by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This jailbreak requires you to have your phone connected to your computer at every reboot in order to root it, and root is lost if phone is rebooted without connecting to the computer.

    The PDF font handling vulnerability gave you perma-root (unthethered) and could also be used as a drive-by exploit.

    In short, misleading title is misleading.

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