Apple has blocked the jailbreak, eliminating vulnerabilities used to hack the iPhone and iPad in iOS 8.1.3 . Description page debuted Tuesday update, the company said the names of "heroes" - creators jailbreak with gratitude for the detection of "holes" security.
In iOS 8.1.3 fixes bugs were, increased stability and performance, and added a number of improvements. The update also fixed the bug that prevented operation of multitasking gestures on iPad. In this case, the system is completely blocked exploits Pangu and PP Jailbreak , used to perform untethered jailbreak. It is clear that Apple engineers are well aware of who is the immediate creator of these programs. The company officially made thanks to the team of Chinese hackers TaiG for identifying vulnerabilities.
From the description of the vulnerability:
"Available for iPhone 4s and above, iPod touch (5th generation) and above, iPad 2 and above.Impact: A malicious afc-team can afford to access the protected part of the file system.Description: A vulnerability exists in the mechanism of symbolic links afc. Problem solved introduction of additional verification mechanism.CVE-2014-4480: TaiG Jailbreak Team".
The fact that Apple thanked hackers is not so important. It is interesting that in the description listed «TaiG Jailbreak Team» - this combination can be found only in the thematic blog dedicated to hacking iOS. This is the Chinese team of hackers, who last year released a jailbreak for iOS 8.x. In recent years, the Chinese have played a key role in creating a jailbreak exploits. Apple also thanked for their contribution to improving the safety of the OS developer Stefan Esser.
After installing iOS 8.1.3 iPhone and iPad users can not use tweaks from the store Cydia. It will take time before hackers released an updated solution. It is necessary to take this into consideration before downloading the firmware. Anyone who expects to use Cydia, it is advisable to upgrade to the latest stable version of iOS 8.1.2 jailbreak and according to the instructions here (for Windows) or here (for Mac).
At the moment Apple has signed update iOS 8.1.2, so everyone has the opportunity to go to this firmware and jailbreak. Very soon, the window closes and the possibility to install the system will be gone. In case of problems with the gadget users can update only on iOS 8.1.3. Time when you can get a jailbroken device to the latest current version is limited.