Calif demonstrates a persistent iPhone 18 Pro jailbreak at Hexacon

The October 16th clips were labeled as one-click attacks through Signal and iMessage and showed root access surviving a reboot.

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Primary source: Calif Newsletter

Why it matters

Calif's demos put its iPhone vulnerability research on display.

Security researchers crowd around an iPhone on a testing bench, with the Apple logo visible on its back.

Calif demonstrated a persistent jailbreak on an iPhone 18 Pro at the Hexacon security conference in Paris on October 16th, alongside videos labeled as one-click exploits through Signal and iMessage. The demonstration puts co-founder Thai Duong (@thaidn) and Calif's vulnerability research in public view.…

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