Renowned security researcherLuca Todesco(@qwertyoruiop) is best known for hisiOS 10-centric Yalu jailbreak tool. But Todesco flexed his hacking muscles once again over the weekend upon confirming how he successfully jailbrokeApple’s flagshipiPhone XS Max.
The confirmationcomes by way of a set of Tweetsshared on theTwittersocial media platform, which indicate that while Todesco has finished “hacking the XS Max,” he’s since returned to a stock installation ofiOS.
Todesco appears to be somewhat impressed with the iPhone XS Max; above, we see him raving about how it’s a “damn fine piece ofhardware.”
Albeit not the first time we’ve witnessed hackers cracking the latest security mechanisms present in Apple’s brand-newA12 Bionicchip architecture, it’s impressive nevertheless to see the high volume ofhackersthat have managed their way around Apple’s latest handsets.
To date, we’ve seen examples from the prominent Pangu jailbreak teamand from the KeenLab security research firm. Pangu’s jailbreak demo focused primarily on the iPhone XS’ A12 Bionic hardware, whileKeenLab’s jailbreak demo encompassed the iOS 12 firmwareon olderiPhone X-centric hardware.’
It’s terrific news to see thejailbreakabilityof Apple’s latest hardware/software combinations first-hand, but everything remains a proof of concept. That said, we don’t expect to see any of the aforementioned jailbreak methods getting released to the public, and that includes Todesco’s.
Fortunately, security researcher Ian Beeris notorious for dropping exploitsthat are later picked up byjailbreak teamsin the community,and he’s shifting his focus to iOS 12. With a little luck, perhaps we’ll see aniOS 12jailbreak in the future.
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