Security Researcher releases TransLock brute force tool for jailbroken iPhones on GitHub
ranslock brute force tool can hack any jailbroken iPhone, released on GitHub
Close on heels of the $120 IP-Box which is used to brute force iOS locks screens of iPhones and iPads operating on 8.1 and below, well known iOS hacker Majd Alfhaily has created a brute-force tool for iPhones and iPads called TransLock that can brute-force any passcode of a jailbroken iPhone.
We had reported about $120 IP-Tool box which was analysed by security research firm MDSec. The IP Box works by stimulating the PIN entry over the USB connection and subsequently brute-force every possible PIN combination to unlock the iPhone secured with a passcode. IP-Tool box can bypass the 10 attempts limiter on iOS devices.
Alfhaily who goes by Twitter handle freemanrepo, has managed to successfully create a tool which can hack any iPhone/iPad with a jailbroken OS. The jailbroken iOS gives unsigned code execution privilege to mount this brute force attack as per Alfhaily.
As compared to IP-Box’s 111 hours to crack any passcode on iPhones, TransLock tool takes only 14 hours to try all the possible passcode combinations from 0000 up to 9999.
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Alfhaily said that this was possible because TransLock uses same technique to bypass the 10 attempts limiter on iOS devices but TransLock tries out a single passcode combination every every five seconds as opposed to 40 seconds per PIN taken by IP-Box.
TransLock brute force utility can only be used on jailbroken iOS devices; non jailbroken devices are not vulnerable to this attack. Further, for using TransLock tool, the hacker has to be in physical access or possession of the iPhone/iPad to perform this hack.
You can find TransLock utility from GitHub here.
The PoC video for Translock brute force tool is given below :
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