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Apple to Fix iPhone Passcode Flaw in September

Date August 31, 2008

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Apple is working on fixing the passcode lock bypass, which they call a “minor iPhone security issue”. It is said that the company will be releasing an update in September to fix the issue. Firmware 2.1 anyone?
For now, Apple [...]

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AT&T Encourages iPhone Users To Upgrade To 2.0.2

Date August 25, 2008

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Whatever Apple does and wants, AT&T needs to follow. But this time it’s no big evolution of tethering your iPhone of such; it’s just updating to the most current firmware. They did this by using one of the most [...]

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iPhone Firmware (Software Update) 2.0.2 Released

Date August 18, 2008

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Apple earlier this evening released another firmware; iPhone 2.0.2 Software Update.
The update is available to all, including iPod Touch users.
Apple reports that this firmware is simply for “Bug Fixes”, however, we’re still waiting on others to see if anything new has [...]

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Push Notificaition Yanked from Latest iPhone Beta

Date August 17, 2008

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I was hoping Apple would finally make good on their Push Notification Service with the September release of Firmware 2.1, but it appears that Apple have rather different plans.
The latest firmware beta (2.1b4) has been seeded to developers, and it’s [...]

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New Firmware Release for September?

Date August 15, 2008

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Developers have been able to futz around with Firmware 2.1 for a couple of weeks now, but nobody is sure (or is able to say) what the new firmware will add or fix.
The latest rumour to hit the interwebs however is that [...]

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iPhone 3G Network Problems May Be Getting a Firmware Fix Soon, However May Not Fix the Issue

Date August 14, 2008

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There have been many reports of Apple’s iPhone 3G not getting strong 3G connectivity strength. There are said to be problems with the 3G networks all in all. Folks are [...]

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Zdziarski’s “Kill Switch” Discovery Not What It Seems

Date August 8, 2008

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You may have been following some rumours the last day or so about a supposed “back door” or “kill switch” through which Apple could disable apps via a list of blacklisted applications. It all started when inveterate hacker [...]

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PwnageTool 2.0.2 To Be Released Today

Date August 7, 2008

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For those of you who have been holding off on updating to the latest 2.0.1 firmware due to the lack of a jailbreak — or even for those of you who have updated and don’t mind doing it again for a [...]

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Firmware 2.0.1 Out and About (Updated)

Date August 4, 2008

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Looks like Apple has released the minor revision 2.0.1 firmware update to iTunes for iPhone and iPod Touch. (Not to be confused with version 2.1, which is still running round the developer beta circuit.)
As is common with these non-major revisions, [...]

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Firmware Mining: Hints of New iPod Touch in 2.1

Date July 30, 2008

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It’s kind of a no-brainer, what with the next iPod refresh event due in 1-2 months, but the idea of a completely new model of iPod Touch (as opposed to simply the same model with a boost in [...]

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Phishing Vulnerability Found in iPhone/Touch Firmware

Date July 27, 2008

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Here’s a good reason for someone to take Apple up on their job offering of a hacker extraordinaire: Expert security researcher Aviv Raff recently revealed in his blog that both the E-Mail and Safari applications in firmware 1.1.4 and 2.0 are [...]

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Firmware 2.1 Beta Pwned

Date July 26, 2008

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Of course we expected that. The Dev Team got their hands on the latest firmware seed to come out of Cupertino and have been busy making sure that Pwnage is still able to give Apple’s firmware the business. In the article [...]

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Firmware 2.1 Beta Seeded, Hints at New Features

Date July 25, 2008

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Apple has seeded the first beta of the next firmware update to developers, dubbed version 2.1. (Not to be confused with the alleged 2.0.1 bug fix release that’s also been rumoured.) Already there has been a preliminary dissection, [...]

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Windows Users: You May 2.Pwn

Date July 24, 2008

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For those of you who didn’t want to decided to wait instead of braving the hacktastic convolutions of the Mac-to-Win Pwnage 2.0 kludge (WacPwn?), you can slide your butt back from the edge of your seat, because WinPwn has been unleashed to [...]

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