{"id":1972,"date":"2010-08-06T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T10:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2015-01-13T08:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:04:27","slug":"how-secure-are-passwords-on-an-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-secure-are-passwords-on-an-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How Secure Are Passwords on an iPhone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We got wind of a new program today that claims to be able to extract passwords from an iPhone&#8217;s keychain. (This would also affect other iOS devices.) The company selling this software claims it is a forensic tool, designed for investigators, and, perhaps, network administrators. However, such a tool, which is not very expensive, would allow anyone who &#8220;finds&#8221; an iPhone to access passwords for e-mail accounts, web sites, and any other software. This means that if you were to lose your iPhone, any passwords you had entered for say a banking site, PayPal, or commercial sites that store your credit card information and allow you to make purchases without entering it again, would be accessible.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: we&#8217;re not mentioning the name of the software or the company, as we feel that such information is detrimental to iPhone users.)<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s website gives no price for this program, but given the prices for its other software, the investment in such a program would be minimal for anyone who is interested in cracking iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, it is strongly recommended that iPhone users store as few passwords as possible on their device&#8217;s keychains. Some, such as an e-mail account password, are required, but it is best to not store passwords for banking sites, commercial sites, or any other sites that could allow a hacker who finds a lost or stolen iPhone to access confidential information. And it&#8217;s not just the information that&#8217;s at risk; it&#8217;s also the user&#8217;s identity that can be usurped by obtaining access to their accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got wind of a new program today that claims to be able to extract passwords from an iPhone&#8217;s keychain. (This would also affect other iOS devices.) The company selling this software claims it is a forensic tool, designed for investigators, and, perhaps, network administrators. 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