Hackers shows off unavailable iOS 7.1.1 untethered jailbreak
Not one but two well-known hack researchers have now posted evidence of working jailbreaks for iOS 7.1.1, which until now had closed the existing loopholes used by other techniques such as evasi0n. While interest in and use of jailbreaks has waned as Apple has gotten better at closing vulnerabilities, enthusiasts and die-hard customizers continue to want the ability to use unofficial apps or tweak settings in the latest iOS releases.
Stefan Essar, better known in the jailbreak community as i0n1c, posted a tweet with an image of an iPhone 5c that has been jailbroken but is still using iOS 7.1.1. He said that the vulnerability he exploited to accomplish the hack "is not based on a long vulnerability chain. It uses a single beautiful kernel bug that goes from mobile to kernel," meaning it could be difficult for Apple to fix the issue anytime soon.
