Back in the early days of the iPhone, jailbreaking was an incredibly common practice for enthusiasts. With an iOS jailbreak and third-party app stores like Cydia, iPhone users were able to add ...

Whether people still jailbreak iPhones and iPads or not, security researchers will keep hunting for vulnerabilities in hardware or software that could be used to develop such tools. The market is ...

It was just a few months ago that iOS 7.1 was released, bringing in a host of features for iPhone owners. However, if you’re one of the millions if iPhone owners who happen to also enjoy jailbreaking ...

Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been reporting and editing for more than a decade, including at the National Journal and Current TV. A new jailbreak ...

We have yet to see an iOS 9.1 jailbreak, but it could be right around the corner, as an exploit has been discovered. iOS 9.1 was released late last month and it killed the iOS 9 jailbreak that ...

Jailbreaks have decreased over the last few years. However, last month a mistake by Apple saw a jailbreak for modern iPhones released but it was quickly patched. Today, a security researcher has ...

by Shane McGlaun — Wednesday, December 27, 2017, 03:27 PM EDT PlayStation 4 fans looking to set their console free from the clutches of Sony will soon have a new jailbreak to try out. The PS4 4.05 ...

In the latest volley with the the hacking community, Apple updated the BootROM for the iPhone 3GS, a software upgrade that allegedly will keep the device from being vulnerable to an exploit known as ...

Jailbreaks seemed to be a thing of the past, but last month, a security research released the first free, public iPhone jailbreak in years. Now, another security researcher has discovered an exploit ...

December 13, 2021 may go down in history as the day the PlayStation 4 finally got blown wide open, as a trio of console hackers just released a new, ready-to-run kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 ...

Google’s Project Zero, a team focused on discovering vulnerabilities in others companies’ software, appears set to release an exploit it recently found in iOS 11. While the vulnerability has been ...

The exploit used to jailbreak Apple’s newest iPhone operating system is both “beautiful” and “scary,” a noted vulnerability researcher said Monday. And it’s possible that criminals will use it to ...