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September 27, 2019 02:44 pm
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New Checkm8 Jailbreak Released For All iOS Devices Running A5 To A11 Chips
An anonymous reader shares a report: A security researcher has today released a new jailbreak that impacts all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets -- chips included in all Apple products released between 2011 and 2017. This includes iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. The jailbreak uses a new exploit named Checkm8 that exploits vulnerabilities in Apple's Bootrom (secure boot ROM) to grant phone owners full control over their device. Axi0mX, the security researcher who published Checkm8 today, told ZDNet he'd worked on the jailbreak all year.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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