Google Releases Tool To Help iPhone Hackers (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday December 11, 2017 @06:00AM from the tussle-continues dept.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, writing for Motherboard: Google has released a powerful tool that can help security researchers hack and find bugs in iOS 11.1.2, a very recent version of the iPhone operating system. The exploit is the work of Ian Beer, one of the most prolific iOS bug hunters, and a member of Google Project Zero, which works to find bugs in all types of software, including that not made by Google. Beer released the tool Monday, which he says should work for "all devices." The proof of concept works only for those devices he tested -- iPhone 7, 6s and iPod touch 6G -- "but adding more support should be easy," he wrote. Last week, Beer caused a stir among the community of hackers who hack on the iPhone -- also traditionally known as jailbreakers -- by announcing that he was about to publish an exploit for iOS 11.1.2. Researchers reacted with excitement as they realized the tool would make jailbreaking and security research much easier.

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Re:How about a tool to hack Android? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-12-11 06:26 · Score: 0, Informative

Meh, it's about time someone addressed the misconception that i devices are more secure.
Also, it's easy to root Android. Unlock your bootloader and install / modify the OS yourself. Of course, it'll be unsupported as it's running out of spec and you may lose access to certain features like secure payment, but that's your decision.