If you pay even a small bit of attention to the iPhone jailbreaking scene, you’ve probably heard by now: one of its golden boys is heading for greener pastures. Nicholas Allegra — perhaps known better as comex (the brain behind the one-click, web-based jailbreaking tool, JailbreakMe) — is hangin’ up his hacker hat and heading for Cupertino, having been offered an internship at Apple.
A Twitter user going by the name of iH8sn0w is claiming that iOS 5 Beta 6 will expire on September 29, 2011 just one second after 8:00 PM Eastern time. Is this a clue that offers some insight into the real release date of iOS 5?
An unofficial patch for a critical SSL vulnerability found in iOS has been released on Cydia, the app store used by people with jailbroken iDevices.
Called 'isslfix' the patch addresses CVE-2011-0228, a very serious vulnerability that compromises the confidentiality and security of SSL/TLS traffic.
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McAfee today announced that the iOS edition of its WaveSecure mobile security software lets you remotely wipe or lock your iPhone or iPad from a Web portal, as well as back up contacts, photos, and videos to its servers for safekeeping in case a device is lost, stolen, or damaged.
Tech giant Apple Inc. is going to unveil the sixth beta version of its forthcoming iOS 5 on Wednesday, August 17, a new report claims.
According to this report by the technology site 9to5 Mac, the OTA update code cracked by their technical team is hinting very much towards the new beta version of the iOS 5 being available from August 17 onwards.
A 10-year-old hacker who goes by the pseudonym CyFi revealed today at DefCon 19 a zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android devices that independent researchers have confirmed as a new class of vulnerability. The girl from California first discovered the flaw around January 2011 because she "started to get bored" with the pace of farm-style games.
Two weeks after releasing iOS 5 Beta 4, Apple has now pushed a fifth beta out to developers. You can grab iOS 5 Beta 5 with your registered developer account in the Dev Center, and the update can also be received as an over-the-air update on a device running iOS 5 Beta 4.
If you’re wondering about what’s new in Beta 5, the answer is not much. It is worth noting that, in order to perform an OTA update to iOS 5 Beta 5, you will need to have backed up your device through iCloud.
iPad users finally got their hands on a native Skype app today.
More than a month after it was expected to make its official debut, the iPad-optimized Skype client began appearing in Apple App Stores today. The new app takes advantage of the tablet's larger screen real estate, making for crisp and clear video chat over Wi-Fi, and often less crisp chat over 3G.
Apple has issued an update to address a security vulnerability in its iOS mobile operating system.
The company said that the iOS 4.3.5 and 4.2.10 updates would address a flaw in the way devices handle data on SSL/TSL secured connections.
