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In the latest volley with the the hacking community, Apple updated the BootROM for the iPhone 3GS, a software upgrade that allegedly will keep the device from being vulnerable to an exploit known as ...

Now is the BEST time to jailbreak your PS4. It's now become super easy how to jailbreak your PS4, and with then new release of the 9.00 Jailbreak by pOObS4, it's super easy to use an exploit to ...

If the notion of an intruder hacking into your smartphone or PC seems disturbing, just imagine an even more personal sort of privacy breach--a hacker who gains full access to your sight. That's the ...

A security researcher dropped a bomb on iPhone owners today with the release of an exploit potentially allowing for the jailbreaking of Apple smartphones ranging from the 4S to the iPhone X. And, and ...

Often, when new iOS jailbreaks become public, the event is bittersweet. The exploit allowing people to bypass restrictions Apple puts into the mobile operating system allows hobbyists and researchers ...

The exploit used to jailbreak Apple’s newest iPhone operating system is both “beautiful” and “scary,” a noted vulnerability researcher said Monday. And it’s possible that criminals will use it to ...