Exposed to the public on Wednesday by the iOS hacking group Dev-Team, Jailbreakme.com 3.0 offers a simple way to jailbreak iPhones. Users can click on the app-like icon and 20 seconds later you’ve got a jailbroken phone, which allows you to run non-Apple approved apps.

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An attacker can reverse engineer Jailbreakme.com 3.0 to silently install malicious code through the browser or email attachment. Then the attacker could gain full control of the iPhone, iPad or other iOS device and install everything from a keylogger to a full-blown bot. Apple responded on Thursday that it is developing a fix for vulnerabilities on iOS 4. Critics have complained that Apple has been slow to respond to security problems, so Apple’s quick response to Jailbreakme.com 3.0 underscores the severity of the vulnerability.

While you wait for a fix from Apple, here are 4 tips to keeping your iPad safe.

1. First and foremost, do not download or open files from untrusted Web sites.

2. Do not click on links from unknown or untrusted Web sites or suspicious links from trusted sources (including sites like Google Search Results).

3. Do not open email attachments from unknown or suspicious emails from trusted sources. Your friend’s email account may have been hacked.

4. As soon as Apple issues a patch, apply it! Many consumers don’t patch regularly or do so after it’s too late.

Via: ITWORLD

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