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25 August, 2017 | The Mac Observer - https://www.macobserver.com/

A couple of days ago, I got an email from Elcomsoft about a big update to Phone Breaker. This is a forensic tool that lets you extract data from iPhones, Blackberry phones, and Microsoft accounts. But the recent update—version 7.0—does something previously thought to be impossible, or at least extremely hard to do.

23 August, 2017 | ProgrammableWeb - https://www.programmableweb.com/

Whereas Phone Breaker was previously able to extract data (like embarrassing photos of celebrities) being saved to Apple's cloud, now, it can extract and unpack what's known as the iCloud Keychain.

22 August, 2017 | The Register - https://www.theregister.co.uk/

In an email to The Register, CEO Vladimir Katalov said this capability is not the consequence of any vulnerability. Rather, it's intended for forensic investigators and law enforcement, given that an Apple ID and a trusted device are necessary.

17 July, 2017 | the SecTor blog - https://sector.ca/

Moscow-based Elcomsoft, which specializes in analyzing cloud services, has made some startling discoveries about Apple’s iCloud service over the last year. In August 2016, it discovered that Apple was keeping photos in the iCloud Photo Library for several years after users had deleted them. In February, it found that iCloud retains deleted Safari browsing history indefinitely, and in May, it revealed that iCloud also keeps deleted Notes.

22 May, 2017 | Channelnews - http://www.channelnews.com.au/

A Russian security firm has found that notes deleted on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices can remain stored in the cloud for years. ElcomSoft was able to use its own software to extract deleted notes synced to a user’s iCloud account dating back to 2015, significantly beyond the 30-day period that Apple claims to retain notes in the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder before being “permanently deleted“.

21 May, 2017 | UBERGIZMO - http://www.ubergizmo.com/

Elcomsoft, a software company based in Russia, has found that iPhone notes written and stored in the handset’s Notes app and synced to iCloud remain stored even when they’ve been deleted by the user. The company says that the notes remain in storage also after the 30-day expiration period of the “Recently Deleted” category ends.

20 May, 2017 | Engadget - https://www.engadget.com/

The iCloud Notes you delete are supposed to be permanently wiped within 30 days. Gone forever, never to be seen again. Russian security firm ElcomSoft has discovered, however, that Apple has been keeping deleted notes in the cloud for far longer. Its security researchers were able to retrieve notes that should've vanished weeks and months ago. In some cases, they were even able to recover notes from way back in 2015.

20 May, 2017 | The Tech Portal - https://thetechportal.com/

Apple’s cloud storage practices have been called into question once again — that too from the same Russian security firm called Elcomsoft who’s earlier identified gaping holes in its iCloud service. The latest discovery detailed by them in an official blog post states that Apple has been storing deleted notes on the cloud for far longer than required. The deleted notes are stored in the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder for 30 days before being permanently removed from the cloud. Not really!

20 May, 2017 | SlashGear - https://www.slashgear.com/

Like many of Apple‘s apps and services, the Notes app can be synced to iCloud to make the information available on a number of devices. When a user chooses to delete a note, they can recover it within 30 days, but after that Apple states the data is wiped. However, security firm ElcomSoft has discovered that it’s able to recover notes well beyond this 30-day window.

19 May, 2017 | AppleInsider - http://appleinsider.com/

Using a new version of its Phone Breaker tool, Russia's Elcomsoft said it was able to retrieve notes dating weeks, months, or years beyond Apple's 30-day window. In extreme cases, notes were retrieved from as far back as 2015.