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Title: News: Hackers expose security flaw in iOS 10’s local backups Post by: HCK on September 26, 2016, 04:05:25 pm News: Hackers expose security flaw in iOS 10’s local backups
(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/ios_10_lock_screen.jpg) Apple has acknowledged claims that iOS 10 has weaker password security for local backups and promised it is looking into a fix, Forbes reports. Russian forensics company Elcomsoft discovered that the new iOS uses weaker password protection than previous versions when it comes to manual backups via iTunes. “We discovered an alternative password verification mechanism added to iOS 10 backups,” Elcomsoft’s Oleg Afonin wrote in a blog post.… Source: News: Hackers expose security flaw in iOS 10’s local backups (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/hackers-expose-security-flaw-in-ios-10s-local-backups) |