evad3rs Behind-the-Scenes : How evasi0n Jailbreak Is Being Developed
February 3, 2013 1:00 PM
Posted by Unknown
We are officially covering evad3rs jailbreak updates, here are all the official behind the scenes going ons and awesomeness. The current state of the jailbreaking scene was pretty poor, it was on the verge of death because iOS kernel exploits guru Comex began working for Apple and many hackers like Geohot gave up, too, as Apple made it just too difficult for them.to hack their ultra secure iOS. But the evad3rs team came to our rescue with their evasi0n jailbreak which could be released as soon as Sunday. Read more to find out how this evasi0n iOS 6 jailbreak untethered is made.
Who are the evad3rs ?
evad3rs hacking team consists of 4 members : Pimskeks, Planetbeing, Pod2g and Musclenerd who all are very famous and prominent ios hackers in the current hacking scene. Here are their brief bios...
Musclenerd
evasi0n jailbreak's development in progress
How the evasi0n jailbreak is being developed
1. Disabling hardware Security
For the evasi0n iOS 6 jailbreak untethered, evad3rs first hacked the security measures of the SoC (system on a chip) which is a small integrated circuit (chip) consisting of electronic components like transistors, resistors, etc. This is required to insert unsigned code (not authorised by Apple) into the bootrom (boot read only memory), it is the code that is executed firstly when you switch on your idevice. This piece of code disables the idevice’s security features.
2. Exploiting the iOS kernel
What's a kernel : A kernel is the main part of an operating system which acts as an interface between the user applications and hardware. evad3rs gained access to the in built kernel debugger and found out security flaw to gain root access.
iboot level exploit : An iboot exploit allows full iboot level access. This exploit can easily be patched by Apple in a future firmware update. This is currently not being used.
Hardware level exploits : This exploit is used to fire up evasi0n (untethered) every time your idevice is switched on. This requires Apple to update its hardware to break this exploit. This is used currently used in this tool.
3. Developing the GUI
Planetbeing aka David Wang is the key member of the evad3rs working on building the GUI (graphical user interface) of the evasi0n jailbreak tool. It makes the tool easy to use with easy navigation buttons and other stuff like proper menu based navigation.
4. Private beta testing
evasi0n jailbreak is currently under the private beta testing stage. Its main purpose is to make fix the software with potential crashes and errors for the non-techie and newbie users. These beta testers are selected by the evad3rs dev team and their information is not revealed to the general public.
Popular Tweets
Here's a collection of all the popular tweets from the hacking team...
For Official updates, follow only : @evad3rs (Official) , @naufid0mino
Links to help you out
Don't miss another update by the evad3rs
Let us know if you are lookiing forward to Sunday, the release day! in the comments section below. And, stay updated about the hacking community and make sure don't miss any other update by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and subscribe to our RSS feed.
Update : evasi0n jailbreak tool has been released, download it here
Left to right :Nikias Bassen,David Wang and Cyril Cattiaux |
evad3rs hacking team consists of 4 members : Pimskeks, Planetbeing, Pod2g and Musclenerd who all are very famous and prominent ios hackers in the current hacking scene. Here are their brief bios...
Musclenerd
- Name : Unknown.
- Whereabouts : Boston, Massachusetts.
- Work : Expert ios jailbreak and unlock hacker.
- Currently : A member and the frontman of iPhone dev team.
- Worked On : Redsn0w, pwnagetool, ultrasn0w iPhone unlock
- Name : Yiduo David Wang.
- Whereabouts : Portland, Oregon.
- Work : Jailbreak developer and iOS hacker.
- Currently : A member of the iPhone dev team, Dream Team .
- Worked On : Signal, Bootneuter, Linux for iPhone, went to Hack in the Box 2012 (HITB) exhibition in Amsterdam, Absinthe for iOS 5.1.1.
- Name : Cyril Cattiaux
- Whereabouts : France
- Work : iOS hacker.
- Currently : Member of the evad3rs dev team
- Worked On : Corna and Absinthe for iOS 5.0.1, went to Hack in the Box 2012 (HITB) exhibition in Amsterdam, former member of the Chronic dev team
- Name : Nikias Bassen
- Whereabouts : Germany
- Work : Information security researcher
- Currently : A member of the evad3rs dev team, Dream Team.
- Worked On : Cydia tweaks like Safari Uploader Enabler, Any Attach. Also developed Greenpois0n and Absinthe jailbreaks, went to Hack in the Box 2012 (HITB) exhibition.
evasi0n jailbreak's development in progress
1. Disabling hardware Security
Apple's System on a chip (SoC) |
For the evasi0n iOS 6 jailbreak untethered, evad3rs first hacked the security measures of the SoC (system on a chip) which is a small integrated circuit (chip) consisting of electronic components like transistors, resistors, etc. This is required to insert unsigned code (not authorised by Apple) into the bootrom (boot read only memory), it is the code that is executed firstly when you switch on your idevice. This piece of code disables the idevice’s security features.
2. Exploiting the iOS kernel
iOS kernel hacking in process |
What's a kernel : A kernel is the main part of an operating system which acts as an interface between the user applications and hardware. evad3rs gained access to the in built kernel debugger and found out security flaw to gain root access.
iboot level exploit : An iboot exploit allows full iboot level access. This exploit can easily be patched by Apple in a future firmware update. This is currently not being used.
Hardware level exploits : This exploit is used to fire up evasi0n (untethered) every time your idevice is switched on. This requires Apple to update its hardware to break this exploit. This is used currently used in this tool.
3. Developing the GUI
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4. Private beta testing
Private beta testing in progress |
evasi0n jailbreak is currently under the private beta testing stage. Its main purpose is to make fix the software with potential crashes and errors for the non-techie and newbie users. These beta testers are selected by the evad3rs dev team and their information is not revealed to the general public.
Popular Tweets
Here's a collection of all the popular tweets from the hacking team...
#evad3rs will soon be giving you a full behind-the -scenes works and hacking involved, how we are making #evasi0n #jailbreak. PLZ RETWEET
— evad3rs (@evad3rs_team) February 1, 2013
#evad3rs official iPhone 5 case, just $39.95, ships in 2-3 days, has our logo and line "i am..evad3r" here bit.ly/Vxbkod PLZ RETWEET — evad3rs (@evad3rs_team) January 31, 2013
#evasi0n #jailbreak private beta testing has begun. as things are turning out it could well be released before sunday. PLZ RETWEET — evad3rs (@evad3rs_team) January 31, 2013
For Official updates, follow only : @evad3rs (Official) , @naufid0mino
Links to help you out
Don't miss another update by the evad3rs
Let us know if you are lookiing forward to Sunday, the release day! in the comments section below. And, stay updated about the hacking community and make sure don't miss any other update by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and subscribe to our RSS feed.
February 2, 2013 at 9:41 AM
i have heard OTA is causing issues. Is it true ??
February 2, 2013 at 9:42 AM
@anonymous : yes it's giving different shsh blobs than a proper itunes restore. You must use itunes for this to work.
February 2, 2013 at 9:44 AM
It's nice to see these people working day and night just for us. tacos to them man!. I being an app develper know how complicated it can get. It requires lots of effort, expertise and time. Any word on its ETA , you told me it's going to be sunday
February 2, 2013 at 9:45 AM
@kill3r : Yup, that's a really a tough task. As far as ETA is concerned, hope it to drop on sunday most probably.
February 2, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Is it untethered or not ??
February 2, 2013 at 9:49 AM
@diddy : yes it is.
February 2, 2013 at 9:56 AM
they should have saved these security exploits for ios 7 coz it will be a major update and all these will patched by Apple by then, as it's done always.
February 2, 2013 at 9:58 AM
@John : yeah that's right, but the entire community was desperately waiting for this too