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IT Home reported on July 18 that an internal document from April 2024 disclosed by technology media 404 Media on Wednesday showed that Israeli mobile forensics company Cellebrite is temporarily unable to crack iPhones upgraded to iOS 17.4.

IT Home Note: Mobile forensics companies generally do not publish their tools or details about which iPhone models can be cracked, and often use vague terms in marketing materials.

The documents disclosed this time were shared by Cellebrite with its customers, showing that in this cat-and-mouse game, Apple has been constantly fixing vulnerabilities.And hackers and these forensics firms are constantly finding new vulnerabilities.

According to the disclosed document details, Cellebrite is currently unable to crack locked iPhones running iOS 17.4 and above, and the document states that it is "researching”, which means that the iPhone cannot be unlocked using Cellebrite’s tool.

For iOS 17.1 to iOS 17.3.1, Cellebrite can Cracking is possible on iPhone XR and iPhone 11 series.

The document states that Cellebrite recently added support for the latest Supersonic BF [brute force] feature for these models, which claims to allow quick access to the phone. But for iPhone 12 and above models running these operating systems, Cellebrite said it supports "coming soon”。

▲iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max on the left, iPhone 15/Plus on the right