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Zimperium warns of security risks from rooting and jailbreaking tools in mobile devices
Zimperium, a leader in mobile security, is warning organizations about the growing risks posed by rooting and jailbreaking tools, which continue to expose mobile devices to severe security vulnerabilities.
The tools, often developed by independent developers without proper security oversight, enable unauthorized access
to mobile systems and can be exploited by cybercriminals.
Zimperium’ s research has highlighted how modern rooting frameworks, such as KernelSU, APatch, and SKRoot, bypass traditional security measures, giving attackers deep access to compromised devices. These tools typically rely on weak or improperly implemented authentication mechanisms, allowing malicious applications to gain full control over a device.
One such vulnerability in the KernelSU rooting framework allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain root access. The flaw exploits weaknesses in how the kernel verifies legitimate applications, enabling attackers to impersonate trusted apps and escalate their privileges. Despite the passage of time, this vulnerability remains a critical risk to mobile device security, with cybercriminals increasingly targeting these weak points.
“ These vulnerabilities put millions of users at risk, as attackers can exploit them to steal sensitive data or take full control of compromised devices,” said Nico Chiaraviglio, Chief Scientist at Zimperium.“ Rooting tools are often updated without thorough security reviews, making them a persistent threat to enterprise mobile security.”
Mainspring Energy forms Strategic Advisory Board to support growth in data center and utility power sectors
Mainspring Energy, a leading provider of fuel-flexible, local power generation, has announced the formation of its Strategic Advisory Board, welcoming six distinguished utility and data center industry leaders.
They are: Christian Belady, Phyllis Currie, John DiDonato, Joe Kava, Dave Schleicher and Steve Sheppard. This move reflects Mainspring’ s accelerating partnerships and growing role in the critical data center and utility power sectors, further solidifying its commitment to delivering reliable, lowemissions, local power generation through its linear generator design.
“ The establishment of our Strategic Advisory Board marks a pivotal moment for Mainspring,” said Adam Simpson, Mainspring’ s Chief Commercial Officer.“ This accomplished group brings an extraordinary depth of experience and strategic vision from the utility, data center and financial sectors. Their insights and leadership give us a major advantage as we advance Mainspring’ s growing business in these markets, driving innovation and expanding our reach.”
Mainspring Energy is actively engaged in a variety of large-scale projects within the data center and utility sectors. For data centers, the company’ s linear generators provide onsite power that can circumvent grid constraints, reduce reliance on traditional backup diesel generators, and support the deployment of compute capacity, especially crucial for the demands of AI workloads.
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