Apple promises fix for iOS 10’s iTunes backup security flaw

Source: www.slashgear.com --- Sunday, September 25, 2016
Security forensics company Elcomsoft revealed last week that encrypted iOS backups created in iTunes have been made far less secure with the recent release of iOS 10. While an unintentional flaw, the new password protected backups offer an “alternative password verification mechanism” that allows them to fall victim to brute force hacks much more quickly and easily than with previous … Continue reading ...

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