KeenLab demos jailbreak on iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.2

The talented Liang Chen of safety inquiry grouping KeenLab has ane time once again flexed his hacking prowess this calendar week after showing off what is believed to survive the first-known jailbreak demonstration to back upwards iOS 12.2.

Chen’s video demonstration, which has been published on YouTube, demonstrates what appears to survive an iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.2:

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As is the representative amongst close jailbreak demonstration videos, Chen starts off past times showcasing the device type too software version inwards the Settings app. Shortly after, he launched KeenLab’s proprietary jailbreak app, taps on the jailbreak button, too pwns the handset.

After the jailbreak completes, the Cydia packet director too then appears on the Home screen. Chen demonstrates a fully-functional Cydia app on the device past times launching it afterward.

KeenLab is known for showing off jailbreaks on newer hardware too software combinations earlier whatever prominent jailbreak hackers or teams unloose a populace jailbreak for like setups; representative inwards point, they were ane of the start to jailbreak iOS 12 inwards too of itself. But they’re besides notorious for never releasing anything, equally they to a greater extent than oftentimes than non buy the farm on their piece of occupation internal for testing purposes only.

That said, nosotros wouldn’t recommend getting your hopes upwards based on the video demonstration you’ve only witnessed, but it’s all the same peculiarly exciting for ii primal reasons:

• The device that was jailbroken is of the A12(X) variety


• It presents testify that a jailbreak is indeed possible to accomplish on iOS 12.1.3-12.2


• It purportedly includes PAC too APRR bypasses

All electrical flow jailbreaks, including the Electra Team’s Chimera jailbreak too Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak, exclusively back upwards up to iOS 12.1.2. It’s possible that hereafter exploit releases could modify that, but there’s no telling if too when such things could materialize.

Are you lot happy to come across that it’s all the same possible to jailbreak Apple’s latest too greatest hardware/software combos? Let us know inwards the comments department below.

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