On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Randall Webmail <rv...@insightbb.com> wrote: > Cop tools easily bypass 4-digit passcodes > > By John Leyden • Get more from this author > > Posted in Enterprise Security, 10th April 2012 08:22 GMT > > Analysis Forensic tools against smartphones allow basic 4-digit phone > passcodes to be bypassed in minutes. > > However, more complex passcodes are far more difficult to defeat and might > even leave some information of seized Androids or iPhones outside the range > of many tools, according to computer forensics experts. > > A YouTube video – which has since been pulled – that accompanied a recent > article by Forbes explained how Swedish firm Micro Systemation's XRY tool > enabled law enforcement official to bypass an iPhone passcode and gain > access to call records, location data, photos and other information in a > matter of minutes. > > The process is akin to jailbreaking and relies on exploiting vulnerabilities > on the device itself, rather than entering through any backdoor. Once a > device is jailbroken, the XRY utility is installed and used to brute-force a > passcode. [SNIP] > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/10/mobile_forensics/ It appears XRY was caught fibbing....
Also see http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/02/xrys-two-minute-iphone-passcode-exploit-debunked/. Jeff _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
