Apple plans to fix a vunerability in iOS 10 discovered by controversial Russian forensics company Elcomsoft that puts iPhones’ security at risk. Apple added an alternative password verification mechanism to iOS 10, inadvertently weakening the security of local backups, the company said.
Elcomsoft, which produces iPhone probing tools that are available to any buyer, claims to have discovered a “major security flaw” in the iOS 10 backup protection mechanism.
