The company known for cracking iPhones is making tons of money

Cellebrite, the Israeli company known for hacking into smartphones on behalf of governments, is making more money than ever. On the back of newly achieved breakthroughs against Samsung Galaxy S phones and LG products, the company announced record-high revenue for 2017 at a 38 percent jump over the same time last period. Cellebrite’s customers’ commitment to spending money — known as “booking” — grew 65 percent over 2016, an indication that the company will continue to grow. Cellebrite has a few different lines of business, but all fall under the auspices of “digital intelligence.” Most famously, the company specializes is cracking open smartphones and extracting every last byte of data. They sell that to corporations, militaries and governments with interests in gathering and understanding mobile data. In a statement on Monday, CEO Yossi Carmil announced Cellebrite added 100 new employees in the last quarter, established a new operation in Australia and began offering forensics tools […]

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Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data

Texas police are looking for any data stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself. Continue reading Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data

Israeli firm selling WiFi interception kit that can be used remotely

The Wi-Fi interception industry is more competitive than ever as multiple Israeli companies market products that governments can use to break into wireless networks for the purposes of surveillance and further cyberattacks. The Israeli company Jenovice Cyber Labs, founded in 2012 near Tel Aviv by Israeli intelligence veteran Leon Perez, is now marketing two interception products that allow the company’s clients to geolocate targets and intercept Wi-Fi with a tool that can be operated remotely from anywhere in the world. The newest product, a Wi-Fi interception tool known as Piranha, has a maximum range of 700 meters (2100 feet) when used with an external amplifier. An officer in the field will carry or place the small device within range while a remote operator can control the action from any location. Piranha exploits vulnerabilities in WiFi networks, connects an attacker to as many as 50 targeted devices at once, and enables bothg surveillance and man-in-the-middle […]

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Cellebrite: Hacking into iPhones is harder than ever

The government may never reveal the name of the company that helped the FBI hack into the iPhone 5c that belonged to the man responsible for the San Bernardino shooting, but conventional wisdom along with media reports point to one company capable of that task: Cellebrite. The multimillion-dollar Israeli company is the worldwide leader in cracking locked phones and extracting all the data. Over the past two years, Cellebrite has run a smooth, lucrative operation. They operate a network of laboratories to research zero-day vulnerabilities and they sell their closely-guarded capabilities to companies and governments ranging from democratic to authoritarian. Six months ago, Cellebrite’s director of forensic research announced they were creeping up on the latest Apple models and were capable of hacking into the iPhone 6 and 6+. Now the company is beginning to change their message: Their ability to crack iPhones is diminishing. In a recent sales presentation, Dan Embury, the technical director of Cellebrite Advanced Investigative […]

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Cellebrite Can Now Unlock, Extract Data From iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

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Cellebrite, the famous Israeli firm known for reportedly cracking the iPhone 5C of San Bernardino shooter is back in the news and this time the company is claiming that their Advanced Investigative Service (CAIS) product can now even crack iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus. The announcement came from Cellebrite’s director of forensics research, Shahar Tal […]

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Phone-Hacking Firm Cellebrite Got Hacked; 900GB Of Data Stolen

The company that sells digital forensics and mobile hacking tools to others has itself been hacked.

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