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Jonathan Zdziarski the computer security expert who alerted everyone to the existence of the iPhone Kill Switch has published a new O’Reilly book, iPhone Forensics. To promote the new book he will be holding a free webcast on September 11th 2008 13:00EST, showing live over the internet how to bypass the iPhone’s security passlock and retrieve personal data.

In this live webcast, iPhone hacker and data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski guides you through the steps used by law enforcement agencies to bypass the iPhone 3G’s passcode lock by creating a custom firmware bundle. Author of the upcoming book, iPhone Forensics, Jonathan has devoted much of his talent supporting law enforcement personnel with his development of a forensics toolkit that allows them to recover, process, and remove sensitive data stored on the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch. This live presentation is aimed towards law enforcement and anyone else who has a need to access the not-so-readily available data on an iPhone.

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Ever wanted to use your iPhone and it’s accelerometer to control your R/C car? Well Josef Prusa did and went a step further to make it happen using OSCemote. Josef has been kind enough to post how it was accomplished for anyone else wishing to so as well.

Controlling is very easy with the iPhone 3G. It has five buttons, four of them you can use for traditional „driving“ and when you press the last one, it unlocks the accelerometer control in the same way as in many driving games available on AppStore.

Realization of this project did not take a long time, only one afternoon.

Technically it is realized in a hell-bent way, but obviously it’s functional. Schematically: iPhone (OSCemote) → WiFi → PC → Max/Msp → Serial port → Arduino → Original controller.

Thanks goes to Richard Perez for sending this into our tip line hacks@iphone-hacks.com.

These are step by step instructions on how to use WinPwn 2.5 for Microsoft Windows to unlock and jailbreak your 2.0 - 2.0.2 first generation 2G/EDGE iPhone.  If you own a 3G and wish to jailbreak you could use this guide by skipping any unlocking steps and selecting 3G options rather then 2G along the way.

REQUIRED:

• iTunes 7.7 installed (make sure to reboot). - Download iTunes
• .NET 2.0 Framework if you are using Windows XP. - Download .NET 2.0

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage. Download and place in it Winpwn 2.5 (unzip it), bl39.bin , bl46.bin, and the latest 2.0.2 firmware file:

2G/EDGE 2.0.2 (2G): iPhone1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw
3G 2.0.2 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw

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A new photo of the iPhone Dev Team’s celebrity fan and co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak sporting a hacked iPhone has surfaced. While it hasn’t been confirmed that the pwned first generation iPhone in the shot belongs to Steve (Why wouldn’t he have a 3G?).

What we can confirm is this wouldn’t be the first hacked iPhone Steve Wozniak has been seen with, in fact he has even lent his iPhone expertise to help hack other’s iPhones in the past. Here is an old video of Steve hacking Kathy Griffin’s iPhone for her using the old jailbreakme.com with AppSnapp.

Steve Wozniak:

“You know, some people would criticize you for not having hacked your iPhone.”

WinPwn have updated the newly released WinPwn 2.5 Beta with some bug fixes in Beta 2.

Bug Fixes:

• Crash when building ipsw
• Quickpwn crash bug fix

If you already have WinPwn 2.5 installed on your PC you can upgrade using the new ‘Check for updates’ feature.

We have updated it here in our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Windows’ or just follow this direct link Download WinPwn 2.5

Mac users don’t feel left out by the release of WinPwn 2.5 Beta. The iPhone Dev Team has released the brand new QuickPwn 1.0 for Mac OSX. Unlock and Jailbreak 1rst generation iPhone 2G/EDGE 2.0.2 & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 2.0.2 in Apple Mac OS X. Unlike it’s cousin QuickPwn RC3 for Windows, this Mac version of QuickPwn only works with iPhone 2.0.2

QuickPwn is not a replacement for PwnageTool, they are different tools and provide different features, QuickPwn is for quickly pwning a device, whereas PwnageTool is designed to custom build and tailor the ipsw production process, both tools will be actively developed in the future.

To use QuickPwn 1.0 Mac OS X your device should be running 2.0.2, if it isn’t then you can upgrade it to 2.0.2 using iTunes and then use the QuickPwn tool, we repeat, it’ll only work on version 2.0.2 of the iPhone or iPod touch firmware.

If you don’t want specific things to happen such as baseband updates then PwnageTool should be used to create a custom .ipsw with your specifics.

Grab it here from our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Mac’ or just follow this direct link QuickPwn 1.0 Mac Download

–source blog.iphone-dev.org

It’s been released! Our friends at WinPwn.com have released the beta version of WinPwn 2.5 for use with iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0.2. Unlock and Jailbreak 1rst generation iPhone 2G/EDGE 2.0.2 & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 2.0.2 in Microsoft Windows XP/Vista.

Features:

• QuickPwn Support for 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2
• Root partition resize support
• Installer support
• Basic / Expert modes
• Wizard style interface
• Automatic updater
• Support for WinXP and Vista 32/64bit.

Notes:

• Why is it beta? Well it’s my way of saying.. Use at your own risk
• You MUST do a full uninstall of winpwn 1/2 before installing the new version
• Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes (Currently 7.7)

Grab it here from our iPhone Downloads section under ‘iPhone Utilities’ :: ‘Windows’ or just follow this direct link WinPwn 2.5 Download

Digg It!

If you were lucky you downloaded Mahalis’s free Tetris App labeled “Tris” from Apple’s iTunes App Store before it was removed this week due to alleged copyright infringement.

I’ve received notice from Apple that they’ve been contacted by The Tetris® Company about Tris. That, I’m afraid, is essentially game over.

Tris was not forcibly taken down from the App Store by Apple, but instead Mahalis voluntarily removed the App for the time being himself. Leaving The Tetris® Company’s Tetris App available on the App Store for $7.99 with no competition, surprisingly that price was lowered from $9.99 after Tris was removed.

Tris was actually around well before the iTunes App Store, originally created to work on Jailbroken iPhones installed via the Installer App, then later ported as an official App once Apple launched it’s iPhone 2.0 SDK. I contacted Mahalis to find out what the future holds for the Tris App. Will Tris be making it’s way back to the jailbroken scene via Cydia or Installer 4.0? (more…)

GreenMyMac discovered and published a security vulnerability for iPhone 2.0.x at MacRumours last night. The security flaw affects iPhone users who use the password protect feature when locking their keypad, but using this very simple trick gives anyone full access to your cell phone’s private information in Mail, SMS, Contacts, and even Safari.

To recreate this exploit yourself, password protect your phone and lock it. Next slide to unlock and do the following:

1. Tap emergency call.
2. Double tap the home button.

You should now be in your favorites. Seems like a convenient feature feature at first, but the security problem here is scary. Anyone who picks up your iPhone can make a call to anyone in your favorites and can access their address and for some service providers this will let a stranger access your voice mail.

Let’s go a little further down the rabbit hole now:

• If you click in a mail address, it will give you full access to the Mail application. All your mail will be exposed.
• If there’s a URL in your contact (or in a mail message) you can click on it and have full access to Safari.
• If you click on send text message in a contact, it will give you full access to all your SMS.

Until Apple addresses this security threat, there is an easy work around to secure your personal information.

1. In ‘Settings’, select ‘General’.
2. Select ‘Home Button’.
3. Select either ‘Home’ or ‘iPod’

QuickPwn RC3 & PwnageTool 2.0.3.1 followed swiftly after the initial releases yesterday of PwnageTool 2.0.3 & QuickPwn GUI 150. Many people complained of experiencing bugs while attempting to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2.0.2. Patche fixes were quickly released to help solve any issues the iPhone, iPod touch users are still being warned to wait for the next release to solve some of their bugs.

QuickPwn RC3 Notes:

FEATURES
* Support for FW v2.0.0, v2.0.1, v2.0.2
* Jailbreaking and Pwning iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch
* Adding Cydia and Installer
* Replacing boot logos
* Unlocking iPhone 2G

WARNING
* Functionality under virtualized environments is not guaranteed.
* iTunes must be installed prior to use.

CHANGES FROM 1.5.0
* Fixes for Windows XP, Vista x64

PwnageTool 2.0.3.1 Notes:

We’ve had some issues with iPod touch devices and the latest version of PwnageTool for the Mac, in certain conditions incorrect permissions will be used and the keychain doesn’t save passwords. So hold on and wait for the next release, we’ll push out the updated version via Sparkle as soon as it is tested (it is being tested right now).

Of course we have updated our iPhone Downloads section with the lastest versions:

QuickPwn RC3 Download
PwnageTool 2.0.3.1 Download