Exploring iPadOS, tvOS and audioOS 17 and 18 Devices: File System and Keychain Extraction

November 6th, 2025 by Oleg Afonin

The latest update to iOS Forensic Toolkit brought bootloader-level extraction to a bunch of old iPads, Apple TVs, and even the first-gen HomePod running OS versions 17 and 18. This enabled full file system and keychain extraction on a those older Apple devices that can still run these versions of the OS.

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Yahoo!, Dropbox and Battle.net Hacked: Stopping the Chain Reaction

February 14th, 2013 by Vladimir Katalov

Major security breaches occur in quick succession one after another. Is it a chain reaction? How do we stop it?

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Norwegian Teenagers Hacking iCloud Accounts

February 7th, 2013 by Olga Koksharova

A few days ago, we received the following communication from an obsessed password researcher and our long-standing friend (quoted with his permission):

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ElcomSoft Decrypts BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt Containers

December 20th, 2012 by Vladimir Katalov

BitLocker, PGP and TrueCrypt set industry standard in the area of whole-disk and partition encryption. All three tools provide strong, reliable protection, and offer a perfect implementation of strong crypto.

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