It’s been quite a while since we have seen Apple's iOS being jailbroken. The iPhone is considered to be one of the most secure consumer computing devices in the world. Users living in Apple's walled garden, pay attention! Here is a shocking news for you. Google has recently discovered a vulnerability in iOS 11. The company may soon release an to the public.
The flaw in question was discovered by Google’s Project Zero team which mainly focuses on discovering vulnerabilities in other company’s software. According to Motherboard, a Google researcher found out a security vulnerability that could provide access to the core of the operating system.
If you're interested in bootstrapping iOS 11 kernel security research keep a research-only device on iOS 11.1.2 or below. Part I (tfp0) release soon.
— Ian Beer (@i41nbeer) December 5, 2017
“Ian Beer is a Google Project Zero security researcher and one of the most prolific iOS bug hunters. He told his followers to keep their ‘research-only’ devices on iOS 11.1.2 because he was about to release ‘tfp0’ soon. He also hinted that this is just the first part of more releases to come. iOS 11.1.2 was just patched and updated last week by Apple,” Motherboard wrote.
The company has predicted that Beer won’t share a “full, untethered jailbreak, meaning you will have to plug the phone into a computer to exploit it every time it boots up.”
