iOS 4.3.4 Patches Jailbreak Exploit… And Is Immediately Jailbroken

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Mike Keller, PCWorld




On Friday, Apple released a minor update to iOS, version 4.3.4. The update patched the famous PDF exploit used by JailbreakMe 3.0, which allowed users to jailbreak any iDevice (including iPad 2) through a website. Some bloggers purported the latest update would also quell future jailbreaks- which anyone following the cat-and-mouse game between Apple and iOS hackers should know would turn out false. Well, it did, and less than 12 hours after the release of 4.3.4, a jailbreak was released by RedmondPie.

The jailbreak comes either in the form of a custom 4.3.4 bundle to be used with PwnageTool or simply by using the newly updated redsn0w tool. It is a tethered jailbreak, meaning if your device is restarted, the jailbreak must be reinstalled. RedmondPie's jailbreak does not work on iPad 2.

While Apple has made pretty clear their opposition of jailbreaking, it is important to emphasize that 4.3.4 fixes a critical security hole- regardless of its use as a jailbreak exploit, a patch was necessary.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

But....I thought Apple OS's are so secure as to be unhackable

[Noilly Pratt]

My new word for the day - Jailbreaking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking

My advice to Apple -- let this happen. It'll make your devices more accessible to youth who like getting in there and modding. S'pecially since I've seen Ipads as low as $177 recently.

Back in the day I hacked DOS to say "Drive x has no Class" instead of "Drive x has no Label" just so I'd know who stole my diskette and duplicated it.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

No individuality is allowed at crApple

[PorkChopSandwiches]

hahahahahhaha