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Israeli mobile forensics firm Cellebrite is unable to unlock iPhones running iOS 17.4 or later, according to leaked documents verified by 404 Media. The documents provide a rare glimpse into the capabilities of the company's mobile forensics tools and highlight the security improvements being made to Apple's latest devices.

A leaked “Cellebrite iOS Support List” obtained by 404 Media shows that for all locked iPhones capable of running iOS 17.4 or newer, Cellebrite’s status is listed as “under investigation,” suggesting that they cannot reliably unlock these devices with their current tools.

Interestingly, the documents show that Cellebrite recently added support for the iPhone XR and iPhone 11 series running iOS 17.1 to 17.3.1. However, for iPhone 12 and newer models running the same iOS version, the status is listed as "coming soon," suggesting that Cellebrite is continuing to work hard to keep up with Apple's security advances.

Another document shows that Cellebrite can hack into most Android devices, but not all of them. For example, Cellebrite cannot brute-force shut down a Google Pixel 6, 7, or 8 to get user data.

Apple is constantly improving the security of its operating system in order to stay ahead of companies like Cellebrite that are always looking for vulnerabilities to access data on locked iOS devices.