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iOS 9.2.1 Release, Changelog and exploit patched list.

iOS 9.2.1 was just pushed out to users using a OTA update. The update was just pushed out with the comment:

This update contains security updates and bug fixes including a fix for an issue that could prevent the completion of app installation when using an MDM server.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/HT201222

The official list of exploits patched was just released to public domain here:

Disk Images

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the parsing of disk images. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1717 : Frank Graziano of Yahoo! Pentest Team

IOHIDFamily

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue existed in an IOHIDFamily API. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1719 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

IOKit

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1720 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero

Kernel

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1721 : Ian Beer of Google Project Zero and Ju Zhu of Trend Micro

libxslt

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A type confusion issue existed in libxslt. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2015-7995 : puzzor

syslog

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with root privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1722 : Joshua J. Drake and Nikias Bassen of Zimperium zLabs

WebKit

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1723 : Apple

CVE-2016-1724 : Apple

CVE-2016-1725 : Apple

CVE-2016-1726 : Apple

CVE-2016-1727 : Apple

WebKit CSS

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: Websites may know if the user has visited a given link

Description: A privacy issue existed in the handling of the “a:visited button” CSS selector when evaluating the containing element’s height. This was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1728 : an anonymous researcher coordinated via Joe Vennix

WebSheet

Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Impact: A malicious captive portal may be able to access the user’s cookies

Description: An issue existed that allowed some captive portals to read or write cookies. The issue was addressed through an isolated cookie store for all captive portals.

CVE-ID

CVE-2016-1730 : Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit of Skycure

How to jailbreak iOS 9!

After months of wait.. The jailbreak for iOS 9 has just dropped! The Pangu team’s iOS 9 jailbreak is available for Windows. The jailbreak is compatible from iOS 9 to the latest version of iOS 9.0.2.

The jailbreaking process is very similar to previous jailbreak tools and there are small changes.. So, here is a step-by-step guide on how to jailbreak iOS 9..

Pre-Jailbreak Preparation

Disable both TouchID and passcode/password.
Disable Find my iPhone temporally.
Put your phone into Airplane Mode.
Backup your device. Make sure you don’t do a encrypted backup or else the jailbreak will fail.

Jailbreaking Process

Download and run the TaiG on an Windows system.
Once the application recognizes your desired device and click “Start” to start the process.
Wait until the prompt tell you to unlock your device and re-enable jailbreak mode. Once prompted re-enable Airplane Mode.
Now wait for the prompt to open the Pangu app, once you open the app – Tap on Accept and Allow the Pangu app to access to your photos. (The Pangu team is a very trusted team, If you do not want to allow access to your photos then wait for another jailbreaking tool. It’s known that the access is only used to move files around.)
Open you let the tool finish the process, the Cydia app should appear on your device.

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Notes:

The WWDC app will appear on your device, DO NOT DELETE or OPEN the app. The app is used to inject the jailbreak onto your device.

The Pangu app will also appear on your, DO NOT DELETE or OPEN the app. This app is used for a Step 4 in the Jailbreaking Process.

Never unplug, use or mess with your device during the process. Do not worry about the “Storage is full message” either, it’s normal.

There are thousands of tweak on Cydia and on some of them are compatible on iOS. Downloading a tweak that is not compatible can destroy your device. Here is full list of some of the tweak are compatible: Click me!

Download Links:

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This text will crash the iPhone it’s sent to!

A bug in iOS 8 will crash whoever’s people it’s send to.

This trick only works on iOS 8 with an iPhone and iMessage.

This bug is with the notifications and whenever someone gets the notification of the text it will crash and reboot their phone.

Send this to anything you want with iOS, iPhone & iMessage.

لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ
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You can save yourself by turning off iMessage or using “Do Not Disturb” (Not getting notifications).

WWDC 2015 is a thing! June from 8th to the 12th!

Like all the past years Apple is having a event for it’s developers. This year it’s from June 8th to June 12th. Like every year we should expect everything that’s coming from Apple in the following year.

We are also expecting some new hardware refreshes like a new Apple TV.

The Event will be live on the Apple website along with being rebroadcasted by major news sources.

There is not much to say until we get closer to the dates. We will definitely have a video right after the event so stay tuned!

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iOS 8.3 is out!

iOS 8.3 just went out to users and I have to say there are a crap ton of fixes:

This release includes improved performance, bug fixes, and a redesigned Emoji keyboard. Changes include:

Improved performance for:

App launch

App responsiveness

Messages

Wi-Fi

Control Center

Safari tabs

3rd-party keyboards

Keyboard shortcuts

Simplified Chinese keyboard

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fixes

Fixes an issue where you could be continuously prompted for login credentials

Addresses an issue where some devices disconnect intermittently from Wi-Fi networks

Fixes an issue where hands-free phone calls could become disconnected

Fixes an issue where audio playback could stop working with some bluetooth speakers

Orientation and rotation fixes

Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented rotating back to portrait after having rotated to landscape

Improves performance and stability issues that occurred when rotating the device between portrait and landscape

Fixes an issue where device orientation appeared upside down after pulling the iPhone 6 Plus from your pocket

Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented apps from rotating to correct orientation after switching apps in multitasking

Messages fixes

Addresses issues that caused group messages to sometimes split

Fixes an issue that sometimes removed the ability to forward or delete individual messages

Resolves an issue that sometimes prevented a preview from appearing when taking a photo in Messages

Adds the ability to report junk messages directly from the Messages app

Adds the ability to filter out iMessages that are not sent by your contacts

Family Sharing fixes

Fixes a bug where certain apps would not launch or update on family members’ devices

Fixes a bug that prevented family members from downloading certain free apps

Increased reliability for Ask to Buy notifications

CarPlay fixes

Fixes an issue where Maps could come up as a black screen

Fixes an issue where the UI could be incorrectly rotated

Fixes an issue where the keyboard could appear on the CarPlay screen when it shouldn’t

Enterprise fixes

Improves reliability of installing and updating enterprise apps

Corrects the time zone of Calendar events created in IBM Notes

Fixes a problem that could cause web clip icons to become generic after restarting

Improves reliability of saving the password for a web proxy

Exchange out-of-office message can now be edited separately for external replies

Improves recovery of Exchange accounts from temporary connection problems

Improves compatibility of VPN and web proxy solutions

Allows use of physical keyboards to log into Safari web sheets, such as for joining a public Wi-Fi network

Fixes an issue that caused Exchange meetings with long notes to be truncated

Accessibility fixes

Fixes an issue where using the back button in Safari causes VoiceOver gestures to not respond

Fixes an issue where VoiceOver focus becomes unreliable in draft Mail messages

Fixes an issue where Braille Screen Input cannot be used to type text in forms on webpages

Fixes an issue where toggling Quick Nav on a Braille Display announces that Quick Nav is off

Fixes an issue keeping app icons from being moveable on home screen when VoiceOver is enabled

Fixes an issue in Speak Screen where speech will not start again after pausing

Other improvements and bug fixes

Introduces a redesigned Emoji keyboard with over 300 new characters

iCloud Photo Library has been optimized to work with the new Photos app on OS X 10.10.3 and is now out of beta

Improves the pronunciation of street names during turn-by-turn navigation in Maps

Includes support for Baum VarioUltra 20 and VarioUltra 40 braille displays

Improves the display of Spotlight results when Reduce Transparency is turned on

Adds Italic and Underline format options for iPhone 6 Plus landscape keyboard

Adds the ability to remove shipping and billing addresses used with Apple Pay

Additional language and country support for Siri: English (India, New Zealand), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)

Additional dictation languages: Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) and Hebrew (Israel)

Improves stability for Phone, Mail, Bluetooth connectivity, Photos, Safari tabs, Settings, Weather and Genius Playlists in Music

Addresses an issue where Slide to Unlock could fail to work on certain devices

Addresses an issue that sometimes prevented swiping to answer a phone call on the Lock screen

Addresses an issue that prevented opening links in Safari PDFs

Fixes an issue where selecting Clear History and Website Data in Safari Settings did not clear all data

Fixes an issue that prevented autocorrecting “FYI”

Addresses an issue where contextual predictions did not appear in Quick Reply

Fixes an issue where Maps did not enter night mode from hybrid mode

Resolves an issue that prevented initiating FaceTime calls from a browser or 3rd-party app using FaceTime URLs

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented photos from properly exporting to Digital Camera Image folders on Windows

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented an iPad backup from completing with iTunes

Fixes an issue that could cause Podcast downloads to stall when switching from Wi-Fi to cellular networks

Fixes an issue where remaining time on timer would sometimes incorrectly display as 00:00 on Lock screen

Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented adjusting call volume

Fixes an issue that caused the status bar to sometimes appear when it shouldn’t

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Speculations also say that iOS 8.3 might be the last update (Or a major one) before iOS 9!

iOS 8.2 is out with a App Store for the Apple Watch!

Just this morning Apple sent out the iOS 8.2 update it’s users and it includes a “Apple Watch” app that allows you to pair your phone to your watch and download apps for the watch!

Currently the “App Store” tab is “Coming Soon”! Other then that you have a explore tab – Which has a bunch of promotion videos of the Apple Watch. The most important tab is the “My Watch” tab. When you are connected to the internet and you Bluetooth is on you can connect to your watch by pointing that camera at it or by choosing the watch from the list.

The “Apple Watch” app can’t be deleted just the “Apple Store” and the “iTunes Store”.

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iOS 8.1.3 is out! – Update now!

Just now apple has sent out a iOS update: iOS 8.1.3! This update mainly includes minor bug fixes!

As far as the jailbreaking status for this update (iOS 8.1.3) goes it’s unknown.

Here is the official update information from Apple:

This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements, including:
Reduces the amount of storage required to perform a software update
Fixes an issue that prevented some users from entering their Apple ID password for Messages and FaceTime
Addresses an issue that caused Spotlight to stop displaying app results
Fixes an issue which prevented multitasking gestures from working on iPad
Adds new configuration options for education standardized testing.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

iOS 8.1.1 brings stability and performance updates!

An iOS update (8.1.1) was pushed out to iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
today with the following bug fixes:

This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements for iPad 2 and iPhone 4s.

UPDATE: According to [highlight]ArsTechnica[/highlight] these are the types of speed improvements:

APPLICATION	IOS 7.1.2	IOS 8.0 GM	IOS 8.1.1
Safari	1.25 seconds	2.16 seconds	1.85 seconds
Camera	1.5 seconds	1.8 seconds	1.84 seconds
Settings	0.95 seconds	1.25 seconds	1.2 seconds
Mail	0.91 seconds	1.30 seconds	1.33 seconds
Messages	1.73 seconds	1.83 seconds	1.79 seconds
Calendar	0.8 seconds	1.25 seconds	1.23 seconds
Cold boot	36.4 seconds	39.8 seconds	38.2 seconds

Source: [highlight]iOS 8.1.1 Release Notes[/highlight]

How to get refund from the App Store for that app you “accidentally” bought? 2014

There are over thousands of apps on the iOS App store and most of them are craptacular and sometimes you download a paid app by accident or the app is not compatible with your device or its just not what you thought it was or the worst of app its just buggy or keeps crashing.

Can you get a refund from the app store for the app? Well YES you can, Kindof. This isn’t an official refund policiy for the App Store because, the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions specifically states:

All sales and rentals of products are final.

Which means that your outcome might be different. The refund process might take a day to even months and sometimes you might never get your refund.

How to get the refund you might ask, Well there are two steps! One is to report a problem through the Store itself. Which will tell you to Call or E-Mail support and The second way is to go Call, Chat, E-mail the Apple support directly. I have found that going through the store is much faster and easier since they already have your information such as, App name and the problem.

Through the Store

Step 1: Go to https://reportaproblem.apple.com and then, Sign in with your Apple ID.

Step 2: Click on Apps from the navigation panel and then, Choose or Search the App that you what to get the refund for.

Step 3A: Click “Report a Problem”

Step 3B: After you click the button the section will expend and give you a drop down menu to choose one of these options:

I didn’t authorize this purchase
Item didn’t download or can’t be found
Item won’t install or downloads too slowly
Item opens but doesn’t function as expected
Problem is not listed here – This will ask you to describe your problem

Going through the Apple support directlly

You can do this by heading over to this link! You will have to choose iTunes → iTunes Store → (And then choose your problem)

Again, as I said I do think that going through the store is much better since they support already has your infromation!

Also, This isn’t an official refund policiy for the App Store because, the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions specifically states:

All sales and rentals of products are final.