Hackers locking iPhones, demanding ransoms – CNN

CNN Hackers locking iPhones, demanding ransomsCNN(CNN) — A large number of people, mostly located in Australia, are reporting they have come under an unexplained attack that holds their iPhones and iPads hostage and demands they pay a $100 ransom. The attack appears to work by compromising iCloud … View full post on iphone – Google News

Hackers jailbreak iPad 2 and iPhone 4S – ZDNet

TechSpot Hackers jailbreak iPad 2 and iPhone 4SZDNetThe GreenPois0n Absinthe software uses a “ridiculously complex combination of exploits-within-exploits” to jailbreak the iPhone 4s and iPad 2 Apple devices running on the A5 chipset, according to a blog from the Chronic Dev Team, one of the iOS hacking …Hackers Jailbreak iPad 2, iPhone 4SInformationWeekJailbreak Released for […]

Hackers expose flaw in Apple iPad, iPhone software – Reuters

The Guardian Hackers expose flaw in Apple iPad, iPhone softwareReutersA dedicated iPad station is seen in front of an iPhone at the Apple store in New York May 23, 2011. By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – Hackers have disclosed a bug in software from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that security experts said could be exploited by […]

iPhone, BlackBerry tumble to Pwn2Own hackers – Computerworld

iPhone, BlackBerry tumble to Pwn2Own hackersComputerworldComputerworld – Apple’s iPhone 4 and RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 both succumbed to hackers today at Pwn2Own, but two other smartphones running Android and Windows Phone 7 were unchallenged, the contest’s sponsor said. …iPhone and Blackberry brought down in hacker competitionRegisterCharlie Miller wins Pwn2Own again with iPhone 4 exploitZDNet (blog)iPhone […]

AT&T iPad hackers’ chats were turned in by secret source – Computerworld

Globe and Mail AT&T iPad hackers’ chats were turned in by secret sourceComputerworldProsecutors say that the hackers wrote a program called iPad 3G Account Slurper that launched a brute force attack against AT&T’s servers, trying to guess …Two Are Charged With Fraud in iPad Security BreachNew York TimesTwo Arrested in Massive iPad HackABC NewsFeds Arrest […]