Jailbreak news of the week: Banking apps using sandbox escape, Ian Beer's BLASTPASS writeup, Nugget v5, & more...

The iDownloadBlog team covers iPhone and iPad jailbreak news as it breaks, but we also review jailbreak tweaks, write about important updates to software, and discuss our opinion on the state of events on a regular basis. But for those who can’t keep up, we have these convenient weekend roundup pieces that pull everything together into a newspaper-like compilation so you can see everything at a glance.

In this week’s roundup, we’ve got a compilation of everything new spanning this past work week, ranging from Monday, March 24^th to Sunday, March 30^th. We’ll begin by talking about the most important news tidbits from this past week, and then move on to an outline of the latest jailbreak tweak updates before wrapping up with a list of helpful jailbreak tweak roundups and tutorials to make it easier to get into jailbreaking.

So without further ado, let’s jump right in.

Important stuff from this week

Banking apps using sandbox escape to detect TrollStore

TrollStore perma-signing utility lead developer Lars Fröder reports that some banking apps from the App Store appear to be using a sandbox escape to detect whether the user has TrollStore installed on their device or not.

This not only infuriates TrollStore users, but it raises serious concerns for users of those apps who don’t want the app to have more privileges than it should on the user’s device.

You can learn more about this in our full news post.

Note: The finding was later confirmed and supported by a technical analysis performed by Verichains.

Ian Beer shares write-up on BLASTPASS exploit from 2023

Back in 2023, NSO made a 0-click iMessage exploit called BLASTPASS that could target individuals with sensitive material on their device. It was believed to have been actively used in the wild at the time.

This week, Google Project Zero security researcher Ian Beer has published an in-depth analysis about that exploit, and it’s a great read.

You can learn more about the announcement in our full news post.

Nugget v5 with animated wallpapers released

iOS developer LeminLimez made good on their promise to release Nugget version 5.0 on Monday with support for animated wallpapers, unlocking the capability on non-jailbroken devices running iOS & iPadOS 17.0-18.4 beta via the SparseRestore exploit.

Animated wallpapers are available for users to download, but they can also be created on Macs. This update also includes important bug fixes and improvements.

You can learn more about Nugget v5 in our full news post.

Note: Nugget v5.0.1 was also released just this past week, introducing even more bug fixes and improvements.

AppStoreTroller

With the new AppStoreTroller jailbreak tweak, it’s possible for jailbreakers on outdated firmware to bypass the iOS App Store’s “Requires iOS x.x or later” warning to install the last-compatible version of said app, if available.

This is perfect for continuing to use apps that Apple would otherwise have you upgrade your firmware to use.

You can learn more about AppStoreTroller in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

EmojiPort Resources (iOS 10+) v1.7.0 released: Update to iOS 18.4 assets (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Return YouTube Dislike version 1.13.5 released: Fix a possible crash on older YouTube app versions when viewing Shorts (free via Chariz repository – review post)

ShortSwipe: Lets jailbreakers use a shorter swipe gesture to dismiss pending notifications (free via BigBoss repository)

SquidExtender v3.7.3 released: New action to select sentence or paragraph, new action to bold, italicize, or underline text ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Translomatic v2.18.31 released: Fix translation not working in Discord version 272.0 ($3.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

YTVideoOverlay v2.2.2 released: Fix bottom buttons bring too far apart from each other on YouTube version 20.12.4 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

By this point, you’re essentially all caught up with what’s new in the iPhone and iPad jailbreak community, but we also want to be a point of reference for those looking to discover new jailbreak tweaks or learn how to do something related to jailbreaking their device.

Miss last week’s roundup? Dig3st, Nugget v5.1 teaser, iOS 18.3.1 unsigned, & more…

To find more jailbreak tweaks that work with pwned iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 devices, try checking out some of the themed roundup pieces we’ve made for you below:

And to learn more about how to jailbreak, how to install TrollStore, or how to install certain hacks, take a peek at some of the tutorial pieces we’ve made for you below:

What was your favorite jailbreak tweak release or news break from this past week? We’d love to hear from you in the comments section down below.