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Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit

Enhanced Forensic Access to iPhone/iPad/iPod Devices running Apple iOS

Perform the complete forensic analysis of encrypted user data stored in certain iPhone/iPad/iPod devices running any version of iOS. Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit allows eligible customers acquiring bit-to-bit images of devices’ file systems, extracting phone secrets (passcodes, passwords, and encryption keys) and decrypting the file system dump. Access to most information is provided in real-time.

Features and Benefits

• An all-in-one, complete solution
• Acquire complete, bit-precise device images
• Device keys and keychain items recovery
• Quick acquisition (20-40 min typical – for 32 GB models)
• Zero-footprint operation leaves no traces and requires no modifications to devices’ contents
• Every step of investigation is fully logged
• Support all versions of iOS
• Passcode not required (*)
• Instant passcode recovery for all iOS version up to 3.x
• Simple 4-digit iOS 4.x and iOS 5.0 passcodes recovered in 20-40 minutes
• Physical and logical acquisition supported
• Mac and Windows versions available
• Automatic and manual modes available
• Availability restricted to select government entities

Restricted Use

ElcomSoft restricts the availability of the toolkit to select government entities such as law enforcement and forensic organizations and intelligence agencies.

Access More Information than Available in iPhone Backups

ElcomSoft already offers the ability to access information stored in iPhone/iPad/iPod devices by decrypting data backups made with Apple iTunes. The new toolkit offers access to much more information compared to what’s available in those backups, including access to passwords and usernames, email messages, SMS and mail files.

Huge amounts of highly sensitive information stored in users’ smartphones can be accessed. Historical geolocation data, viewed Google maps and routes, Web browsing history and call logs, pictures, email and SMS messages, usernames, passwords, and nearly everything typed on the iPhone is being cached by the device and can be accessed with the new toolkit.

Zero Footprint Operation

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit provides true zero-footprint operation, leaving no traces and making no changes to the contents of the device.

Real-Time Access to Encrypted Information

Unlike previously employed methods relying on lengthy dictionary attacks or brute force password recovery, the new toolkit can extract most encryption keys out of the physical device. With encryption keys handily available, access to most information is provided in real-time. A typical acquisition of an iPhone device takes from 20 to 40 minutes (depending on model and memory size); more time is required to process 64-Gb versions of Apple iPad. The list of exceptions is short, and includes user’s passcode, which can be brute-forced or recovered with a dictionary attack.

Keychain Recovery

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit can access iOS secrets including most keychain items, opening investigators access to highly sensitive data such as login/password information to Web sites and other resources.

Passcode Not Required (But May Come Handy)

Knowing the original passcode is never required, but may come handy in the case of iOS 4.x/5 devices only. The following chart helps to understand whether you’ll need a passcode for a successful acquisition.

iOS 1.x-3.x: passcode not required. All information will be accessible. The original passcode will be instantly recovered and displayed.

iOS 4.x/5.0: certain information is protected with passcode-dependent keys, including the following:

• Email messages;
• Keychains (stored login/password information);
• Certain third-party application data, if the application requested strong encryption.

iOS 4.x and iOS 5.0 Passcode Recovery

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit can brute-force iOS 4.x and iOS 5.0 passcodes in 20-40 minutes for a 4-digit passcode. Complex passcodes can be recovered, but require more time.

Escrow File Support

Alternatively, an escrow file can be used to decrypt protected pieces of information even without knowing the original passcode. (An escrow file can be obtained from a computer with which the device under investigation has been connected/synced).

System Requirements

iOS Forensic Toolkit for Mac OS X requires an Intel-based Mac computer running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) with iTunes 10.2 or later installed.

The Toolkit for Microsoft Windows requires the computer running Windows XP or Windows 7 with iTunes 10.2 or later installed.

Other versions of Mac OS X, Windows and iTunes might also work but have not been tested.

Compatible Devices and Platforms

The Toolkit currently supports the following iOS devices:

• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4 (GSM and CDMA models)
• iPhone 4s ****
• iPod Touch (all generations)
• iPad (1st generation only)
• iPad 2 ****

Supported operating systems:

• iOS 3.x (up to 3.1.3)
• iOS 4.x – up to iOS 4.3.5 (up to iOS 4.2.10 for iPhone 4 CDMA)
• iOS 5.0

	iPhone 3G iPod Touch 1, iPod Touch 2		iPhone 3Gs, iPod Touch 3th gen, iPad 1		iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4th gen iPad 2 (****) iPhone 4s (****)
	iOS <= 3.x	iOS 4.x	iOS 3.x	iOS 4.x/5.0	iOS 4.x/5.0
Physical imaging
Logical imaging
Passcode recovery	instant		instant
Keychain decryption
Disk decryption(*)	N/A**	N/A**	N/A**	***

(*) Devices originally shipped with iOS 3.x, including those running iOS 4.x/5.0 that were upgraded from iOS 3.x without performing “erase install”, do not have Data Protection enabled, and user partitions are not encrypted. Therefore, the decryption is not required.

(**) Devices running iOS versions before 3.x do not have Data Protection enabled and user partition is not encrypted.

(***) If device shipped with iOS 3.x and was updated to iOS 4.x without doing erase install (i.e. using ‘Update’ option in iTunes as opposed to ‘Restore’), the Data Protection will not be enabled for that device and user partition will not be encrypted.

(****) iPhone 4S and iPad 2 support is limited to jailbroken devices only.