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Agentless Backup is Not a Myth

Password cracking of iPhone backups has become a point-and-click exercise thanks to software unveiled Thursday by a computer forensics tools provider.

The Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker, which was released for free into beta, recovers passwords for iPhones and iPod Touches by trying thousands of phrases per second. It performs wordlist-based attacks only, but the final version will allow dictionary attacks that can be customized.

Apple's iTunes application allows users to make iPhone and iPod Touch backups that store a wealth of potentially sensitive information, including call logs, address books, SMS archives, calendars, pictures and voice mail. Brought to you by the same company that offers password crackers for wireless networks, Quicken files and many other applications, the iPhone Password Breaker doesn't require the use of iTunes.

It makes use of multi-core processors, extended CPU instructions and will run faster on certain types of graphics cards. It runs on the XP, Vista and 7 versions of Windows. Help Net Security has screenshots here. ®

Customer Success Testimonial: Recovery is Everything

Latest Comments

Just their Pr0n..

but who knows..

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..and?

But no one in their right mind would store ultra sensitive info on an iPhone..

Seriously.

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I keep my backups on CD-ROM or DVD-R.

I'm not going to say what encryption I use. But if someone swiped my disc box, I'd have to worry.

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