14 DAY TRIAL // The infamous group of hackers going by the name of iPhone Dev Team believes iOS 4.3 will be released momentarily, while a security researcher cited by the Team allegedly has an ‘untethered’ exploit ready for Apple’s next firmware update.
After announcing the public availability of PwnageTool 4.2 for untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreaks, the iPhone Dev Team went on to credit those who helped make this release possible, including the documentation.
“The various components to the 4.2.1 untether (including a second exploit involving Mach-o headers) were worked out by 0naj, posixninja, and pod2g, and a nice writeup by 0naj is available on the wiki,” reads the Dev Team’s latest blog post.
“The actual injection method uses geohot’s limerain exploit for most devices,” the Team adds.
The post continues (emphasis ours), “And even though 4.3 is just around the corner, the exploit used has already been closed in the latest 4.3 betas, so it made sense for the 4.2.1 untether to be released when it was.”
Apple is known to have thwarted all current means of jailbreaking in its iOS 4.3 betas, though not on purpose, according to recent tweets sent out by Musclenerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team.
Not to worry, says the group of hackers:
“It also appears that a security researcher named @i0n1c has a 4.3 untether ready for when Apple releases the final 4.3 FW, so it may not be a long wait at all with 4.3!” the Dev Team notes.
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