In this day and age of self-isolation amid coronavirus lockdowns, I've been having lots of issues with my broadband Internet connection (as have a lot of other people) now that many of us are working from home. Network congestion interferes with my work, so when this crisis began escalating I figured I should try using my iPhone's cellular network instead.
According to a new report, Apple may release a small iOS 13.4.1 update later this week to squish a nasty bug on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that has caused data and IP addresses in virtual private networks (VPN) to be exposed.
Jailbreak tools like unc0ver rely on frequently-released exploits to extend firmware support as Apple launches new versions of iOS. In the past couple of months, unc0ver has picked up support for iOS 13.0-13.3, leaving iOS 13.3.1 users in the dust. Now that iOS 13.4 is publicly available, the golden jailbreaker’s rule that is to ‘stay on the lowest possible firmware’ comes into focus again.
At the time of this writing, the lowest possible firmware that Apple continues to sign is iOS 13.3.1, but unc0ver doesn’t yet support this version of iOS. Fortunately, a promising new kernel bug proof of concept supporting iOS 13.3.1 has been shared by Twitter user @_simo36, and while it remains to be confirmed whether this bug can achieve tfp0 (read/write into the kernel memory), it can purportedly be accessed from sandbox.
Apple has confirmed that an upcoming iOS software release will resolve diabolical issues with constant loss of cellular signal that an unknown number of iPhone XR owners who are subscribed to O2's service in the United Kingdom have been complaining about.
It’s always exciting for the jailbreak community when someone comes forward with a brand-new bug that could potentially enable exploitation for jailbreaking newer devices and versions of iOS. After all, Apple tries very hard to keep iOS bug-free and quickly patches anything that even smells jailbreakable.
With that in mind, a newly-teased ‘tfp0’ bug shared first by @08Tc3wBB and later validated by security researcher @RazMashat would appear to be compatible with Apple’s latest and greatest iOS 13.3 firmware on handsets up to and including the A13 variety. Indeed; even the iPhone 11 Pro platform seems to be vulnerable:
All WhatsApp users should update their messaging app to the latest available version that squishes a serious bug which could wipe out all of their group chats in one fell swoop.
The macOS Catalina 10.15.2 software update that dropped yesterday may have fixed a very distinctive popping sound coming from the speaker of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, at least for some users. However, further updates might be required to stamp out the issue entirely.
Apple has acknowledged an issue with some 13-inch MacBook Pro models that may cause your notebook to randomly shut down even though the battery shows a remaining charge.
Hacker and checkra1n team member Luca Todesco took the stage at POC2019 in Seoul, South Korea early Friday morning to talk about checkra1n, an upcoming checkm8 exploit-based jailbreak tool that would work with A5-A11 devices. But perhaps more intriguingly, sporadic teasers indicated that the tool would be released sometime after his presentation there.
The last official update we have from Todesco himself is that the checkra1n release was delayed longer than expected following the presentation, but it was still supposed to launch sometime today. With the day now over and still no official checkra1n jailbreak launch at the time of this writing, you wouldn’t be alone if you were twiddling your thumbs and wondering what was happening.
iOS 13.0 arrived with plenty of issues so Apple quickly followed up with four rushed bug-fix updates. The latest iOS 13.1.3 update seems to hit owners of the latest iPhones pretty hard.
A year after bringing out Screen Time for iPhone and iPad Apple has added this handy feature to the Mac with the latest macOS Catalina 10.15 update. Too bad it‘s not working correctly.
According to web reports (as well as my personal experience), Apple's redesigned TV app provided as part of the latest tvOS 13 update seems to be crashing for some folks.