Yesterday we heard the big news, that now you can jailbreak iOS device from the device itself by going to jailbreakme.com. Today BGR has posted some interesting information about the whole jailbreak me method. The problem that might disturb us is that once the exploitation method is disclosed to the public, black hat hackers would be able to take advantage of it by setting up their own websites that could load malicious code onto your device. And after doing that they could get access to your private information such as your address book, text message database etc.
The Solution?
“PDF Loading Warner” has been created to combat this potential security risk. it works by hooking into the device system and will display a warning before a PDF can be displayed. If you install this plugin and navigate to a website that should not be showing a PDF and get this warning, you will be simply able to click “Cancel”, blocking the PDF from loading and stealing your data. The plugin would be available for download from the Cydia in near future.
[Via BGR]
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