A public early beta preview of the semi-tethered checkra1n iOS jailbreak based on the iOS Checkm8 exploit developed by security researcher Axi0mX in September was released over the weekend. checkra1n ...

It has been a week since the release of Checkra1n, the world’s first jailbreak for devices running Apple’s iOS 13. Because jailbreaks are so powerful and by definition disable a host of protections ...

Rooting your Android phone might be reasonably easy but jailbreaking an iPhone is still more of a cat and mouse affair. Tools like QuickpPwn made it easier to jailbreak back in the day, but more ...

Now that the checkm8 BootROM vulnerability has a working exploit, security pros are warning of potential attacks. With the checkra1n iPhone jailbreak now available, security experts are urging ...

Developer and hacker Axi0mX announced back in September a new exploit called “checkm8” that offers the possibility to jailbreak almost every Apple A-series CPU up to A11 Bionic chip. Today they’re ...

Jailbreaking iPhones and iPads is common for some users, but unlocking the HomePod’s operating system — which is based on tvOS — is something we have never seen until today. The latest Checkra1n ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Checkra1n currently runs on MacOS, with Windows support to come further ...

The team behind the "Checkra1n" jailbreaking tool for iOS has released version 0.11.0 of its software with support added for iOS 14, but only on a limited number of devices. checkra1n 0.11.0 is now ...

Scammers have already been spotted baiting Apple users using a recently developed iOS jailbreak dubbed checkra1n as the lure in a campaign designed to help the crooks earn money via click-fraud and ...