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AppleInsider said:

Hackers have for the first time in years released a publicly available jailbreak for iPhones running up-to-date software after Apple mistakenly unpatched a critical vulnerability in its most current iOS release.

Researcher "pwn2ownd" on Monday released a new version of the "unc0ver" jailbreak with support for iOS 12.4.

Apple's iOS 12.4, released in July, contains a bug that was discovered by Google security researchers and subsequently squashed in iOS 12.3, reports Motherboard.

Ned Williamson, who is credited as working with Google's Project Zero team to uncover a number of iOS flaws, confirmed the once-patched exploit is now in play.

"A user apparently tested the jailbreak on 12.4 and found that Apple had accidentally reverted the patch," Williamson said in a statement to Motherboard.

Apple's accident opens the door to jailbreaks and the execution of malicious code, the report said. Security researcher Jonathan Levin told the publication that because iOS 12.4 is current, and the only version available from Apple, many iPhones and iPads running anything other than iOS 12.3 are vulnerable. Levin went on to say that the bug is a 100+ day exploit, or one that was discovered over 100 days ago.
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Capitalizing on Apple's mistake, researcher "pwn2ownd" released a free jailbreak -- technically a new version of their ongoing project "unc0ver" -- for iOS 12.4 on Monday, with a number of iPhone owners later reporting the software as functional. He told Motherboard that a bad actor could leverage the snafu to "make a perfect spyware," adding that "it is very likely that someone is already exploiting this bug for bad purposes."

Pwn2ownd offered up the example of a malicious app that exploits the vulnerability to escape Apple's iOS sandbox, allowing it to glean sensitive user data. Alternatively, a malicious webpage might combine the same bug with a browser exploit to achieve similar effect.

Apple has yet to comment on the issue.

Tuubor said:

Or just pay Apple 9,99/month for 2Tb of iCloud storage and have a care free life. I have over 20 000 pictures, over 1800 videos and nearly 300 apps on my phone and never do I have to worry about running out of space. Everything syncs between my devices and everything just works. I mean 10$. I do have a 128Gb model but I’m sure people waste that kind of money on all kinds of stupid stuff and never complain about it. But when it comes to buying digital goods that makes your life easy it’s suddenly wrong. C’mon people.

AppleInsider said:

"The launch of the detachable iPad Air in 2Q19 helped Apple to double its detachable tablet shipments," wrote IDC. "Meanwhile, slate iPads declined 7.5% year-over-year as the new iPads were unable to maintain the same momentum of upgrades as those launched in 2018."