ElcomSoft Phone Breaker 10 adds device-based iCloud authentication

Elcomsoft Phone Breaker 10 adds the ability to use a trusted iOS device to authenticate iCloud extraction. Every type of data becomes extractable including end-to-end encrypted data, and no password is required.

👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/795.html

#ios #dfir #cloudforensics #2fa #cloudsecurity

iCloud Extractions Without Passwords and Tokens: When a Trusted Device is Enough

A lot of folks (and even some law enforcement experts) are looking for a one-click solution for mobile extractions and data decryption. Unfortunately, in today’s day and age there are no ‘silver bullet’ solutions. In the days of high-tech mobile devices and end-to-end encryption one must clearly understand the available options, and plan their actions accordingly. The time of ‘snake oil’ exploits is long gone. The modern world of mobile forensics is complex, and your actions will depend on a lot of factors. Today, we’re going to make your life a notch more complex by introducing a new iCloud authentication option you’ve never heard of before.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/10/icloud-extractions-without-passwords-and-tokens-when-a-trusted-device-is-enough/

#ios #icloud #2fa #dfir #cloudsecurity #cloudforensics

Digital Triage Forensics: Write-Blocking, Verifiable Disk Imaging

When accessing a locked system during an in-field investigation, speed is often the most important factor. However, maintaining digital chain of custody is just as if not more important in order to produce court admissible evidence. We are introducing new features in Elcomsoft System Recovery, our forensic triage tool, to help establish and maintain digital chain of custody throughout the investigation.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/digital-triage-forensics-write-blocking-verifiable-disk-imaging/

#passwords #dfir #cybersecurity #datasecurity #passwordrecovery #digitalforensics

The Five Ways to Recover iPhone Deleted Data

iOS security model offers very are few possibilities to recover anything unless you have a backup, either local or one from the cloud. There are also tricks allowing to recover some bits and pieces even if you don’t. In this article we’ll talk about what you can and what you cannot recover in modern iOS devices.

Before we begin, I highly recommend reading our previous article aimed at demystifying bogus claims made by some unscrupulous vendors of data recovery tools: The iPhone Data Recovery Myth: What You Can and Cannot Recover. Below are the types of data you can actually recover.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/the-five-ways-to-recover-iphone-deleted-data/

#ios #icloud #iphone #backup #syncedfiles #deletedrecords

Apple Watch Forensics: More on Adapters

If you are doing Apple Watch forensics, I’ve got some bad news for you. The latest model of Apple Watch, the Series 7, does not have a hidden diagnostics port anymore, which was replaced with a wireless 60.5GHz module (and the corresponding dock, which is nowhere to be found). What does that mean for the mobile forensics, and does it make the extraction more difficult? Let’s shed some light on it.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/apple-watch-forensics-more-on-adapters/

#applewatch #ios #cloudsecurity #cloudforensics

iPhone Acquisition Methods Compared

Our mobile acquisition tools, Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit and Elcomsoft Phone Breaker, support a number of different extraction options. While many of our readers know the differences between logical and physical acquisition in general better than most, there are some things in our software making the logical/physical dilemma somewhat different. In this article, we laid out the differences between the extraction methods as implemented in our tools.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/iphone-acquisition-methods-compared/

#dfir #mobileforensics #checkm8

checkm8, checkra1n and USB hubs

If you ever used the checkra1n jailbreak or the checkm8 acquisition method available in some mobile forensic products like iOS Forensic Toolkit, you know that the trickiest parts of the process are the first two: entering DFU, and using the exploit itself. Even if you have the right cables and enough experience, sometimes you may still bump into a weird issue or two. The device may not enter DFU whatever you do, or the exploit fails. How can you increase your success rate?

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/checkm8-checkra1n-and-usb-hubs/

#checkm8 #checkra1n #mobileforensics

iOS Forensic Toolkit 8.0 beta 2 brings forensically-sound checkm8 extraction and iOS 15 support

The second beta of Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit 8.0 for Mac is released, bringing forensically sound checkm8 extraction to iOS 15 devices and delivering a host of under-the-hood improvements and enhancements.

👉 https://www.elcomsoft.com/news/797.html

#checkm8 #ios15 #dfir #mobileforensics

Forensically Sound Extraction for iPhone 5s, 6, 6s and SE

Half a year ago, we started a closed beta-testing of a revolutionary new build of iOS Forensic Toolkit. Using the checkm8 exploit, the first beta delivered forensically sound file system extraction for a large number of Apple devices. Today, we are rolling out the new, significantly improved second beta of the tool that delivers repeatable, forensically sound extractions based on the checkm8 exploit.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/11/forensically-sound-extraction-for-iphone-5s-6-6s-and-se/

#ios15 #checkm8 #mobileforensics #dfi

Worthless Security Practices

Many security practices still widely accepted today are things of the past. Many of them made sense at the time of short passwords and unrestricted access to workplaces, while some were learned from TV shows with “Russian hackers” breaking Pentagon. In this article we’ll sort it out.

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/12/worthless-security-practices/
#passwords #itsecurity