There's a new method of jailbreaking the latest Kindle firmware, and it works by injecting code via Amazon's own ads.

Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been reporting and editing for more than a decade, including at the National Journal and Current TV. A new jailbreak ...

Threat actors are using the hype around the recently announced Checkm8 iOS jailbreak exploit to trick users into installing unwanted iOS apps on their devices. These apps aren't malicious per-se, but ...

In the latest volley with the the hacking community, Apple updated the BootROM for the iPhone 3GS, a software upgrade that allegedly will keep the device from being vulnerable to an exploit known as ...

Over the weekend, news spread of an unpatchable "checkm8" exploit that could allow millions of iPhone users to quickly and easily jailbreak their handsets. Lest there was any doubt it works, the ...

December 13, 2021 may go down in history as the day the PlayStation 4 finally got blown wide open, as a trio of console hackers just released a new, ready-to-run kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 ...

Often, when new iOS jailbreaks become public, the event is bittersweet. The exploit allowing people to bypass restrictions Apple puts into the mobile operating system allows hobbyists and researchers ...