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Ios 10 reduces backup security, apple works on the solution

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The update to iOS 10 has brought a hole in the security of backups, the latest update to Apple's mobile operating system has caused a reduction in security that makes it much easier to obtain permissions to access local backups..

iOS 10 presents a major security hole

The new iOS 10 security hole has been reported by Elcomsoft, a Russian company that was working on a new hacking tool for the iPhone. Elcomsoft has found that the iOS 10 backup system uses a new password verification mechanism that does not include some very important security measures. Elcomsoft hacking tool has been able to break security in iOS 10 up to 2500 times faster than in iOS 9 evidencing a serious security problem in the new version of the software.

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The application breaks the security of the encryption system by forcing 6 million passwords per second, a significant leap forward compared to the 2, 400 passwords per second that it should be able to force. This problem affects backups that are sent by iTunes to PC or Mac.

Source: nextpowerup

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