It is a sad fact of modern day life that in spite of the numerous technological advances that we utilize in our day-to-day tasks, we are still at risk from attacks by certain unscrupulous elements that are capable of overriding the security measures that we have in place. Our email accounts, our computer networks and [...]

The demand for unofficial third-party applications on iPhones is, by at least one history, staggering. AppSnapp, a Web-based script that jailbreaks (allows read-write access to the filesystem) iPhones running firmware/software 1.1.1 and places Installer.app — a native iPhone application for cataloging and installing other native applications directly on the device — has been used about [...]

For everyone worried about malicious TIFF exploits, you might want to take a few seconds and re-read those jailbreak features listed on the AppSnapp page. See number 6? Not only does the team jailbreak your iphone, add Installer.app and fix YouTube, but they plus repair patch Safari’s TIFF exploit gap. Yes, you read that right. [...]

A crew of hackers (including hdm/metasploit, rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, and NerveGas) have introduced a one-touch instant jailbreak for both iPhone and iPod touch. The jailbreak opens your iPhone for full disk access and installs Installer.app so you can add pretty much any third party application you like. To use it, open [...]

Over at Hackint0sh, sirzrx has posted an idiot proof guide to virginize your Anysim unlocked 1.02 iPhone which will be particularly interesting for anyone who has previously unlocked their iPhone wanting to upgrade to the latest iPhone 1.1 software. For more details click here.

  Version 1.2.2 of iNdependence was released today, providing iPhone 1.1.1 support ok, the towering awaited version 1.2.2 is out. that version works with phone firmware 1.1.1, although the activation/jailbreak process is a bit more complicated now. The documentation has been moved from the README file into the Help menu within the application itself, so [...]

Hackers not part of the official iPhone Dev Team have released an iPhone 1.1.1  jailbreak that’s based upon the Safari TIFF image exploit we first saw a few days ago. There are a few major things wrong with it, which means that isn’t precisely ready for normal humans to use yet. We’ve been researching it [...]

A neat little trick discovered by someone on Hackint0sh that allows you to use Safari on your unactivated 1.1.1 iPhone. On your non-activated 1.1.1 iPhone: 1. enter “*#307#” press call, now use the back button on the top of your screen to remove “*#307#”, now enter “0″ , press call, press answer, press hold, press [...]

It’s been a couple of days since the iPhone Dev Team announced that they had a successful jailbreak, but their method was not released to anyone outside of the team until just recently. that afternoon we received an e mail from an anonymous source detailing rough jailbreak directions. After following the directions myself, I have [...]

  Although the iPhone/iTouch Dev team hasn’t published a general jailbreak yet, the developer community is working hard and furious to invent certain that your arrival will be pleasant when you get there. Today brings that marvelous SpringBoard patch from Nicholas “Drudge” Penree, NerveGas and Pumpkin. It allows you to add as many 3rd party [...]