Anul acesta are loc o noua editie a Pwnie Awards, un eveniment in cadrul caruia se acorda credit hackerilor care au descoperit cele mai puternice exploit-uri din cateva categorii stabilite in prealabil. In editia de anul acesta Pod2G a fost nominalizat pentru exploit-ul utilizat in solutia de jailbreak Absinthe care face untethered jailbreak pentru iOS 5/5.0.1, insa el nu este singurul personaj al comunicatii dezvoltatoilor de solutii de jailbreak care a fost nominalizat. Cei de la Dev Team si Chronic Dev Team au fost deasemenea nominalizati, insa ei fac parte din categoria celor care au descoperit si dezvoltat exploit-uri utilizate la scara larga de utilizatorii de internet.
iOS HFS Catalog File Integer Underflow (CVE-2012-0642)
Credit: pod2g
This exploit was used for the Absinthe iOS 5.0/5.0.1 untether. It massaged the kernel heap into submission, copying over the syscall table and giving pod2g (as well as jailbreak users everywhere) a happy ending. And who doesn’t love happy endings?
iOS Jailbreaks
iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team
We love the jailbreakers and you should too. They publicly drop all of their exploits as 0day, convince millions of users to disable the security features on their own devices, and then keep those devices vulnerable to the released exploits until new exploits can be developed and released in the patched versions of iOS.
In fiecare sectiune sunt nominalizati mai multi hackeri/mai multe echipe si peste cateva saptamani fiecare categorie va avea cate un castigator, iar Pod2G si Dev Team/Chronic Dev Team par sa nu aiba prea multe probleme in a iesi invingatori. Anul trecut comex si geohot au castigat cate o gategorie a Pwnie Awards, insa anul acesta ii vom vedea premiati pe cei mentionati anterior.