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Recently, Jonathan Zdziarski presented an O’Reilly webcast iPhone Forensics: Bypassing the iPhone passcode which demonstrated steps that can be used by law enforcement to bypass the iPhone 3G’s passcode lock by creating a custom firmware bundle. During the webcast Zdziarski explained how the iPhone keeps a snapshot image of your most recent action. He also stated that it could take as little as 60 seconds to break the iPhone’s security. Some of the other methods include taking data from the iPhone’s keyboard cache, Safari cache, Google Maps lookups and so on. Experts and hackers can also recover deleted photos or e-mails from months ago.”

Zdziarski has been a longtime mobile hacker who has played a key role in opening the iPhone’s environment. He has written books on iPhone development and forensics for O’Reilly. He would be organising a 2 day forensic workshop from tomorrow.

Considering these loopholes in iPhone, no one would like to spend on a device that does not promise robust security. Not that everyone has got anything to hide, but there are some things that everyone wants to remain private - always.

Apple’s iPhone is quickly becoming the world’s #1 mobile device, being increasingly used in business, personal activities, and ofcourse crime. To educate professionals on how to recover data from the iPhone - O’Reilly is hosting a Forensics workshop in Boston.

The speaker at the workshop will be Jonathan Zdziarski, original iPhone hacker and author of iPhone Forensics. This two-day workshop will guide you, hands on, through forensic examination of an iPhone and iPhone 3G. It will teach methods for recovering evidence, personal data and corporate assets from the iPhone.

The workshop will attract many security experts and law enforcement officials interested in recovering information from the iPhone. Also, students will learn about what kinds of evidence are stored on the devices and how to do prepare for a forensics investigation.

Date of Workshop - September 16-17, 2008

Venue - Burlington Marriot, Burlington, Massachusetts.