Cellebrite just spent $200 million on the iPhone virtualization company Apple tried to bury

Cellebrite, the Israeli firm responsible for one of the world’s most famous iPhone hacking tools, has acquired Corellium, the company best known for creating virtual iPhones used in security research. This is huge news. Apple once tried to shut Corellium down Today’s $200 million deal brings together two powerful (and controversial) forces in the mobile forensics world, and is likely to make Apple’s challenge of locking down iOS even harder. Corellium’s platform has long been used by white-hat hackers and researchers to test iOS exploits without needing physical hardware. It was so effective that Apple once sued to shut it down, arguing that virtualizing iOS posed a security risk and copyright infringement. In 2020, the lawsuit failed after the court ruled that Corellium’s use of iOS constituted fair use. Apple later appealed, and lost again before confidentially settling the dispute. Mirror, mirror Now, Corellium’s capabilities are going straight into the hands of Cellebrite, wh ... Read full article.