How to JailBreak the Iphone 3GS

Network Jew — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:01:04 +0000

I decided to wait a week after getting my 3GS to attempt jailbreaking it. I wanted to be sure that I had a good feel for the device’s quirks before throwing any third-party software at it and creating more. That being said, jailbreaking the 3GS turned out to be a pretty simple process. I did it on the mac, but it works just as well on the PC.

Grab the latest version of Itunes before you start and be sure you’re on Iphone 3GS 3.0 software ONLY. I can’t say whether this will work with updates beyond that.

1) go to http://purplera1n.com Click on the link for your OS, and download either the Windows EXE or the Zipped Mac app.

2) Connect your Iphone 3GS via USB to your computer. Cancel any sync activity. Launch the appropriate app for your system.

You shoudl see one of these two windows, depending on your OS:

3) Click “Make it rain”, and let the Jailbreak commence…

Your Iphone should go into Recovery Mode at this point, and after a couple minutes, reboot itself. At that point, you’re done. One my phone, it actually got stuck rebooting. I had to perform a reset by holding power and home at the same time.

4) After it reboots, you should have a new app called Freeze. Run it, and it should install Cydia – the jailbreak software repository.

5) Enjoy your new found freedom.

Some cool things you can do with your jailbroken iPhone 3Gs:

Run background apps
Hide unwanted app icons (stocks, youtube, weather..)
Tether
SSH into (and from) your iphone
Run unix/bsd command line tools with MobileTerminal
Customize the look of your iPhone
Use Qik for live video streaming
Unlock your iPhone for another carrier

Iphone 3.0 patches over 40 Security Flaws

Network Jew — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:48:59 +0000

In addition to all of the wonderful new features available on the new iphone os 3.0, there are over 40 security vulnerabilities that have been fixed. Some of these include this one which may pertain to Exchange admins out there:

Accepting an untrusted Exchange server certificate results in storing an exception on a per-hostname basis. On the next visit to an Exchange server contained in the exception list, its certificate is accepted with no prompt and validation. This may lead to the disclosure of credentials or application data. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of untrusted certificate exceptions.

and this interesting one:

A logic issue in the handling of ICMP echo request packets may cause an assertion to be triggered. By sending a maliciously crafted ICMP echo request packet, a remote attacker may be able to cause an unexpected device reset.

So, in case you’re waiting for some reason to update, go ahead and take the plunge and do it. Its my belief, that as users become more mobile and start keeping more of their private information on these devices, the attempts at hacking mobile devices will become more common.

Here’s a link to more info straight from Apple regarding these fixes:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Let’s be safe out there…

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How to JailBreak the Iphone 3GS

Iphone 3.0 patches over 40 Security Flaws