We are closely following the case of the Apple vs US gov battle. So what do we know so far?
The government states that the iPhone 5C is protected with a numeric password, so it can be cracked via brute force attack in about several days, but Apple doesn’t want to break into iPhone physically. Alternatively, the company suggested that the FBI leaves the device in the proximity of a known Wi-Fi network. It would make the iPhone produce a cloud backup into iCloud. Unfortunately, there was one final assumption that was not met: the user’s Apple ID password is not changed or reset. However, changing the Apple ID password prevented the iPhone from producing a cloud backup. With no possibility of making a cloud backup, the FBI goes back to Apple, asking the company to comply with the court order.
Read more here http://goo.gl/nIyxh9

Elcomsoft System Recovery receives a major update to support online authentication via Microsoft Account. The new release can instantly unlock Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 accounts protected with Microsoft Account credentials. Exporting hashed passwords allows recovering the original Microsoft Account password. Elcomsoft System Recovery comes with a step-by-step wizard to create a bootable USB flash drive or DVD disc on the spot. The customized Windows PE-based bootable environment supports legacy and cutting-edge hardware configurations including PCs based on the latest chipsets.
Elcomsoft System Recovery https://goo.gl/IRWgrt
Get more info http://goo.gl/QYuU1y
Press-release (.pdf) https://goo.gl/hfNUP2

Only 10 per cent of the world’s 1.4 billion Android phones are encrypted, compared with 95 per cent of Apple’s iPhones.
In that stats major number are Nexus smartphones.
After releasing Android 5 on Nexus 6 Google got a drop of read speed that was caused by the full-disk encryption which was one of the exclusive features of Android 5 for Nexus 6.
Google have tried to solve this problem through various minor and major updates but still the read speed is 3 times slower than the speed of non-encrypted devices. It’s nothing to be proud of when comparing with 2013’s iPhone 5S who’s encryption does not appear to have any significant performance impact.
Our specialists published their observations here: http://goo.gl/NGAoRU

Elcomsoft Phone Viewer 2.20 enables direct access to password-protected iTunes backups, sorts pictures and videos into albums and adds a new Web plugin to display user’s search and browsing history, bookmarks and open tabs. The ability to open password-protected iTunes backups directly means there’s no longer need to install Elcomsoft Phone Breaker to decrypt backups protected with a known password.
This update is free of charge for licensed users of Elcomsoft Phone Viewer. Free evaluation download is available.
Get more information on Elcomsoft Phone Viewer and download free trial version:
https://goo.gl/ad4rUZ
Read a press release:
https://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/epv_160623_en.pdf
Read an article “Elcomsoft Phone Viewer 2.20 Goes Stand-Alone”:
http://goo.gl/2OXYG7

#iOS 11 has arrived, now running on every second #Apple device. There could not be a better time to reminiscent how iOS forensics has started just a few short years ago. Let’s have a look at what was possible back then, what is possible now, and what can be expected of iOS forensics in the future… #iCloud

https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2017/11/the-art-of-ios-and-icloud-forensics/

Dear friends, wanted to ask us a question or praise our products in person? Let us meet! If you're attending one of the industry events, stop by the ElcomSoft booth for a chat or attend one of our talks to learn more about digital forensic tools and techniques. https://www.elcomsoft.com/events.html

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit 2.40 updated with enhanced support for lockdown records allowing forensic experts to extract more information from locked iPhones https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/681.html

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit 2.40 расширена поддержка lockdown-файлов, предоставляя экспертам доступ к расширенной информации об устройстве и приложений https://www.elcomsoft.ru/news/681.html

Увлекательное чтиво про премудрости iOS 11 и сброс пароля к Apple ID, обнаруженные Elcomsoft 😵, читаем вместе! https://xakep.ru/2017/11/23/ios-passcode/

Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer 2.0: представлена редакция для Mac, поддержка Google Prompt и FIDO Key https://www.elcomsoft.ru/news/682.html

Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer 2.0: Google Prompt and FIDO Keys Support, New Mac Edition https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/682.html

Elcomsoft Phone Breaker 8.1 представляет ряд улучшений, связанных с извлечением данных из «облачного» сервиса iCloud для учётных записей с активной двухфакторной аутентификацией. Добавлена поддержка одноразовых кодов, полученных через SMS, исправлена работа маркеров аутентификации для учётных записей с 2FA. Наконец, при запуске EPB 8.1 на компьютере пользователя с установленной панелью iCloud возможно полностью автоматически обходить двухфакторную аутентификацию. Для скачивания резервных копий в таких случаях достаточно только логина и пароля. https://www.elcomsoft.ru/news/683.html

Advanced Sage Password Recovery and Advanced Office Password Recovery are updated with support for the latest versions of office apps and acceleration hardware. Advanced Sage Password Recovery (ASAPR) receives support for the latest versions of Act! and Sage products. Advanced Office Password Recovery (AOPR) adds support for the latest GPU acceleration hardware including NVIDIA Tesla V100 and Titan V boards based on the new Volta architecture. The new release utilizes the newest CUDA 9 and SPIR engines, and offering a number of additional optimizations and under the hood improvements. The detailed change log: https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/685.html

Gain Faster Access to Password-Protected Documentshttps://www.elcomsoft.com/aopr.html