iPhone Hackers on the prowl

03 Jul

Posted by Andy Brudtkuhl under Gadgets

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It is inevitable - hackers all over the country have been burning the midnight oil since last Friday with one goal - hacking the iPhone. Surprisingly (or not) they have accomplished a lot over the last few days, like

Running code via security exploit in the iPhone’s Safari browser
Bluetooth fuzzing to render the device unusable
Discovered password to gain root access to device (although have not actually gained access…yet)

These hackers have even formed a wiki to track and document their conquests. The goals are to:

Break DMG Password
Break Activation
Unlock Phone
Run 3rd Party Applications
Allow DUN/Tethering
Remove IMEI Transmitting
Enable Disk Mode

What’s the latest scoop?

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10:53 <@gj> ok
10:53 <@gj> 10:59am
10:53 <@gj> update
10:53 <@gj> we have been successful in a number of endeavors in the past 12
hours
10:54 <@gj> we can read files on the phone but we’re in a sandbox
10:54 <@gj> we’re pretty sure we can break out, most of the guys didn’t sleep
for over 24h yesterday so they are resting now
10:54 <@gj> we can call services on the phone but can’t yet stop the firewall
10:55 <@gj> we can spoof itunes and mobiledevice very easily now
10:55 <@gj> specifically we need someone really good at function prototyping
10:55 <@gj> but other than that
10:55 <@gj> we are moving right along
10:55 <@gj> i am not sure but I think we have broken activation
10:55 <@gj> need another few words on that to make sure I am right
10:55 <@gj> unlocking is still on the horizon
10:56 <@gj> we need to get real access to the phone first
10:56 <@gj> and while we have limited access
10:56 <@gj> we don’t really have the keys to the castle yet
10:56 <@gj> i’ll update again in a few hours after some folks have woken up and
we have done some more work