JailbreakMe 3.0 and the iOS PDF Flaw: Protect Your Business

07.07.2011

While it's certainly a long shot to say that businesses should encourage or even allow Jailbreaking of devices that are going to be used on the corporate network, the JailbreakMe.com exploit does point out the speed advantages of having a broad, passionate and open community of developers supporting a device.

While Apple is still working on its patch for the flaws in its OS, one of the developers of JailbreakMe has posted a new piece of software, PDF Patcher 2, which fixes the troubling PDF hole. The kicker? It's only available to those who have jailbroken their devices and therefore have access to the unofficial Cydia app store, a collection of repositories for applications for jailbroken phones.

"Until Apple releases an update, jailbreaking will ironically be the best way to remain secure," the JailbreakMe site .