Forensic software gets around Apple's iCloud security features<article>
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A Russian software company has updated its forensic software to work-around the security features Apple recently added to iCloud and increased what information can be extracted from the cloud storage service.</p><p>
Elcomsoft’s Phone Breaker software now supports the two-factor authentication process Apple added to iOS 8 in September for accessing iCloud, Vladimir Katalov, CEO of the Moscow company, said Wednesday in a blog post.</p><p>
The catch to using the software, which pulls files including photos, calendar information and call logs from iCloud, is that some information about the account is required to access the storage service, according to information on the company’s website. Either an Apple ID, password and the second form of authentication or a binary authentication token are needed to use Phone Breaker.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2860932/forensic-software-gets-around-icloud-security-features.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Forensic software gets around Apple's iCloud security features
