ZDNet

Stop using your 4-digit iPhone passcode in public. Do this instead

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Macworld

How to change an iPhone or iPad’s six-digit passcode to four digits

When I updated iOS on my iPhone, I was forced to choose a six-digit passcode instead of a four-digit one. Is there any way to go back? As part of its drive to increase security on Apple devices, the ...
MacRumors

iPhone Cracking Methods Like GrayKey Box Can Guess a Six-Digit Password in 11 Hours on Average

Law enforcement agencies have a new iPhone cracking tool that works with all modern iPhones and the newest versions of iOS 11, the GrayKey, designed by a company called Grayshift. Previous reports ...
Threat Post

Researcher Proves Viability of NAND Mirroring to Bypass iPhone Passcode Restrictions

A researcher from Cambridge University successfully bypassed an iPhone 5c’s passcode restrictions using NAND mirroring. NAND mirroring was outright dismissed by FBI director James Comey as a means of ...
Macworld

Switch to six digits for your iOS passcode

It’s been thought for a while that a four-digit passcode on an iPhone (and other devices) was too weak. While Apple had safeguards in place to prevent repeated failed attempts, a proof of concept in ...
Paste

An Easy Way to Increase the Security of Your iPhone in iOS 9

Ever since the iPhone was released in 2007, Apple has had a four digit passcode as a default. But with forthcoming iOS releases, Apple introduced characters and letters if users wanted to take ...