Anthony Bouchard

Anthony Bouchard joined the iDownloadBlog.com team in 2016 after originally covering Apple and iPhone jailbreak news at ModMyi.com. As an experienced editor, he brings more than 15 years’ worth of jailbreaking knowledge to our in-depth guides, opinion pieces, and news articles. His passion for device customization and user choice sparks his strong push to empower readers with the tools they need to explore and enjoy the freedom that comes with jailbreaking. Anthony blogs about not only jailbreaking, but also Apple software & accessories, drones & photography, and Nintendo gaming systems. Anthony honed his advanced technical knowledge over the years with hands-on projects ranging from gaming PC builds to engine repair mechanics. His never-ending hunger for knowledge is why you’ll always find him tinkering – tearing things apart and putting them back together to understand what makes them tick.

Get your Nintendo Switch game room tricked out for game night with these game & accessory sales

Games & Accessories Deals for Nintendo Switch

Anyone who frequents iDownloadBlog knows that we’re big fans of the Nintendo Switch game system. Even though the second-generation Nintendo Switch is on the brink of release, it’s important to note that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward-compatible with nearly all original Nintendo Switch games. So this is no time to give up on the classics – in fact, it’s a good time to stock up!

Security researchers share PoC for CVE-2025-31200, a security vulnerability patched in iOS 18.4.1

iPhone hacked matrix.

In iOS & iPadOS 18.4.1, Apple patched CVE-2025-31200, which is a CoreAudio security vulnerability patch that could have enabled arbitrary code execution in the userspace process responsible for processing the malicious file. Apple was made aware of instances in which this vulnerability may have been used against specifically targeted individuals and consequently patched it with improved bounds checking.

PureKFD device toolbox version 5.3 released with improvements for KFD exploit users

PureKFD.

PureKFD is an iOS toolbox for non-jailbroken devices that supports various versions of iOS & iPadOS ranging from 14.0 through 18.0/18.1 beta 4. While it previously only supported firmware versions that were susceptible to the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) exploit, that all changed recently when the toolbox added support for the more recent SparseRestore exploit starting with version 6.