New iPhone 3GS hacked in two minutes

Last week we wrote about how the new iPhone 3GS offers better security because of better encryption both on-device and in the hardware. But now, information has come to light that the device can be hacked within two minutes using readily available freeware.

iPhone developer and hacker expert Jonathan Zdziarski showed Wired just how easy it is to dismantle the 3GS and expose its data.

"Apple may be technically correct that [the iPhone 3GS] has an encryption piece in it, but it's entirely useless toward security," Zdziarski said. He said that despite the new security features in the iPhone 3GS, it isn't any more secure than the first generation of the iPhone, which had no encryption features whatsoever.

Zdziarski revealed that he could bypass the encryption process within two minutes. As he began taking data from the device, it began to decrypt everything Zdziarski pulled from it. He did it using jailbreaking tools such as red Sn0w and Purple Ra1n. Once the encryption process is broken down, hackers can install the Secure Shell client to grab data and put it into a computer's hard drive.

Zdziarski posted how-to videos on YouTube. Check them out here and here.

For more:
- check out this Network World article

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