Hacker creates a software-only brute force tool for jailbroken devices
Well-known iOS jailbreak developer and hackerMajd Alfhailywas intrigued when read aboutMDSec’s black box hardware brute forcefor iOS devices. The tool, which runs over a USB connection, tries every possible passcode combination in an attempt to unlock an iPhone secured with a simple passcode. The downside of such a tool, is that each PIN entry takes approximately 40 seconds, so it could take more than 110 hours to brute force an iPhone....