KeenLab jailbreaks iPhone XS Max on iOS 12.1

Just like all older Apple devices, Tencent KeenLab has successfully jailbroken the iPhone XS. The team will now be demonstrating their new tool at POC 2018.

Liang Chen jailbreaks iPhone XS Max 

Liang Chen, a member of Tencent KeenLab, has jailbroken iPhone XS Max on iOS 12.1. Chen will demonstrate the jailbreak on November 9 at POC 2018, an international hacking conference held in Korea.

Judging by the photo, the laptop clearly displays uid=0(root), meaning full root access has been achieved.

The iPhone XS Max, on the other hand, has the standard KeenLab jailbreak app running with a big jailbreak button in the middle.

KeenLab members don’t share a lot of details about their work on Twitter and Liang is no exception.

It’s not yet known whether this jailbreak is untethered or semi-untethered in nature. If it’s the former, the jailbreak will surely fetch a bounty upwards of a million dollars in the exploit black market.

Will this jailbreak ever be released?

Unfortunately, KeenLab is a professional security team that never releases a jailbreak publicly. Nevertheless, this is good news for all iPhone users since we now know that iOS 12.1 is jailbreakable.

iOS 12.1 jailbreak KeenLab

Thankfully enough, jailbreak enthusiasts have started a crowdfunding campaign for an iOS 12.1 jailbreak. $25,000 bounty is up for grabs for anyone who releases a public open-source tool within the next 24 hours.

If you want to speed up the release of a jailbreak, be sure to chip in with your contribution. Remember, every bit counts!

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3 Comments

  1. curious November 13, 2018
    • Gian November 13, 2018
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