“As expected, Apple released the 1.1.2 update for the iPhone overnight to coincide with its debut in the U.K. and Germany. As not expected, it’s been sprung from jail already,” Tom Krazit reports for CNET.
“New code for the 1.1.2 update was released last night by the same people responsible for the JailBreakMe program. It’s still pretty raw, which means it’s not really meant for those of us who aren’t familiar with the command line. The latest hack works by applying the code to an iPhone that’s still running the 1.1.1 firmware, then installing the 1.1.2 update.,” Krazit reports.
“‘Jailbreaking’ your iPhone means that you’re opening it up to third-party applications without Apple’s authorization. Apple plans to release a software developer’s kit in February that will let developers and users put authorized applications on their iPhones and iPod Touches,” Krazit reports. “It’s not clear whether the 1.1.2 update disabled phones that had been unlocked to run on other mobile networks, as was the case the last time Apple released an iPhone update.”
Full article here.
You mean “shady” like in disabling a device that you own, which they feel you shouldn’t use in any way they don’t authorize?
@ Krioni
The following post is not from me… from some one directing it at me.
“ntel Mac’s have EFI.
You think Mac OS X has security issues, how about a OS like firmware level that can contact the internet and read your hard drive without the OS even running?
Have some malicious code in EFI, you could be reinstalling your OS all day and still be PWNED.
Apple doesn’t even manage EFI, the UEFI Group does, which includes Microsoft.
http://refit.sourceforge.net/“
@ @Shinobi
I have not looked in the EFI software yet… but I will check it out to see what’s up.
Re: Shinobi
OK. I also can’t figure out why it sometimes looks like there is no nickname attached to one of my posts. Oh, and the no-user-authentication thing is annoying here. Oh well.
For those interested, go back and look at the CanSec West rules posted BEFORE the contest, and you will find that the rules allowed for the relaxed ruleset as part of the contest.
The initial direct attack phase was set for the first day, and if no one was successful, the second set of rules (which as noted, were different, not “relaxed”) came into play.
So it was all planned from the beginning, not “relaxed” because no one was successful.