'ĭecrypting iPhone Users ' WhatsApp Backups ' With our tool, investigators can now access iPhone users ' encrypted WhatsApp communication histories stored in Apple iCloud Drive - provided that they have access to the user ' s Apple ID account and can receive a confirmation code sent to their verified phone number.

' WhatsApp remains the most popular instant messaging tool in North America and Europe, and is the one communication tool most frequently picked by the criminals, ' says Vladimir Katalov, ElcomSoft CEO. The tool provides automatic download and decryption for WhatsApp backups and comes with a built-in viewer. A WhatsApp encryption key must be only obtained once, and can be used to access all previously created and all future backups for a given combination of Apple ID and phone number. The decryption is possible with access to a verified phone number or SIM card, and requires authenticating into the user's Apple ID account. The tool gains the ability to decrypt WhatsApp stand-alone backups produced by the iPhone app and stored in Apple's iCloud Drive. updates Elcomsoft eXplorer for WhatsApp, the company's all-in-one tool for extracting, decrypting and analyzing WhatsApp communication histories. The update is available immediately at no cost to existing users with active licenses.ElcomSoft Co. In addition, Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp 2.0 includes a number of bug fixes and improvements, adds support for iTunes made with the latest versions of iTunes for the latest versions of iOS up to and including 10.2, and extracts information about video calls available in the latest versions of WhatsApp. Since WhatsApp databases are securely encrypted, ElcomSoft has implemented a workaround to extract the encryption key even if no root access is available. The new tool includes support for both rooted (Android 4.0 through 7.1.1) and most unrooted (Android 4.0 through 6.0.1) versions of Android. Version 2.0 can now extract and decrypt WhatsApp conversations from a wide range of Android devices.

Elcomsoft eXplorer for WhatsApp is updated with full Android support.

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