Elcomsoft has announced a major update to its forensic tool Phone Password Breaker, which allows acquiring information in the cloud of iCloud, even if the two-step authentication factor was used. Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker grants forensic access to password-protected backups of smartphones and handheld devices based on RIM Blackberry platforms and Apple iOS. The password recovery tool is compatible with all Blackberry smartphones as well as mobile devices. Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), with iOS, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch of all generations released so far, including the iPhone 5s and iOS 7.
Extract everything from iCloud
The new version adds support specifically for iOS 8. You can extract accounts from iCloud with two-factor authentication and is capable of extracting all types of data, including documents from iWork, WhatsApp chats, passwords stored in password managers, information from social networks, and everything else. "Apple released major technology updates and introduced major security measures last month," he says. Vladimir Katalov, CEO of ElcomSoft. “We are keeping up to date with the latest news, adapting to the recently implemented security measures. But that's not all, along with iOS 8 and two-factor authentication support, we are adding the ability for our customers to access more information stored in the user's cloud account.
Elcomsoft notes that the feature has no effect on accounts upgraded to iCloud Drive. Some 250 million people are currently using iCloud. It must also be taken into account that although the Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker includes functionality to decrypt dd-style images from iPhone / iPod / iPad devices, crafting the images themselves, as well as extraction of encryption keys and evasion of passcode protection, are only available in the special package iOS Forensic Toolkit.
SOURCE: SOFTPEDIA