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Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world. Continue reading The Prototype iPhones That Hackers Use to Research Apple’s Most Sensitive Code
At $100, the old-gen iPhone encryption-cracking tools are a bargain to hackers looking to pick up leftover forensics or police Wi-Fi data. Continue reading For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
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Cellebrite UFED, an iPhone hacking tool made in Israel and widely used by the law enforcement authorities including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs Enforcement and Immigration departments is surprisingly up for sale on eBay. This … Continue reading iPhone hacking tool Cellebrite being sold on eBay
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 8th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Chinese Spying, Facebook Shadow Contact Information and iPhone X FaceID Privacy. Silent Pocket is a proud sponsor of the Shared Secu… Continue reading Chinese Spying, Facebook Shadow Contact Information, iPhone X FaceID Privacy – WB37
After months of hints and restarts, Apple has included a key new security feature in the newly released iOS 11.4.1: USB Restricted Mode. The new mode restricts access to iPhones by USB devices and thereby aims to stymie the tools that law enforcement, intelligence agencies and private companies like Cellebrite use to crack iPhone security and look at the data inside. The new restricted mode is on by default. You can see it in the passcode settings on iOS devices where the setting for USB Accessories is by default off. After one hour, iOS blocks USB accessories connecting to the device through cable adapters to the phone’s Lightning port. Will this effectively shut out tools like Cellebrite and GrayShift‘s GrayKey? It’s too early to tell the long-term impact. When the feature was in beta several weeks ago, both companies previously told customers they can likely get around new security methods. Both also cautioned customers, […]
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Smart home devices are quickly proliferating across the the world. Millions of new devices are coming online every year, be it through an Echo or Nest or anything in between. Each one of these devices in the ever-expanding internet of things produces huge troves of data. That information is increasingly becoming a focal point for Cellebrite, the wildly profitable Israeli firm most famous for its cracking open encrypted iPhones on behalf of law enforcement and intelligence agencies. A new set of technical updates, commercial webinars and sales pitches from Cellebrite outline the company’s drive into IoT. “Consumer-grade IoT devices are increasing in popularity and scope,” Mati Goldberg, Cellebrite’s head of digital forensics research, said in a recent video. “The devices and the data they collect are becoming an integral part of investigations but they also come with new investigative challenges.” To make the case for their ability to handle the […]
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Motherboard recently filed public records requests for law enforcement messages in mobile forensic email groups. But cops are trying to avoid giving up their communications, according to other leaked emails. Continue reading Leaked Emails Show Cops Trying to Hide Emails About Phone Hacking Tools
As the cat and mouse game between iPhone hackers and Apple continues, with Apple introducing more robust security features, some law enforcement officials exploring a legal workaround. Continue reading Cops May Unlock iPhones Without a Warrant to Beat Apple’s New Security Feature
The next version of iOS looks set to block all communication through the lightning port if the phone hasn’t been unlocked for an hour. Continue reading Apple iPhone’s USB Restricted Mode gives Feds a cracking headache
“Grayshift has gone to great lengths to future proof their technology and stated that they have already defeated this security feature in the beta build.” Continue reading Cops Are Confident iPhone Hackers Have Found a Workaround to Apple’s New Security Feature