iOS hacker have designed a new tool by which they claimed that they can hack Apple’s iCloud accounts. It is known as “iDict“, and yes it works by using a brute force attack to hack iCloud accounts.
As these days there are many ways to hack somebody data. And developer named Pr0x13 is one of them which introduced a new tool which aimed to gain access of an individual or a company’s data.
Brute force (also known as brute force cracking) is a trial and error method used by application programs to decode encrypted data such as passwords or Data Encryption Standard (DES) keys, through exhaustive effort (using brute force) rather than employing intellectual strategies.
iCloud Accounts New Hack Tool iDict Released
In more simple words brute force means guessing password randomly until the software gets it right. Generally, the account is locked after a number of bad attempts but iDict makes use of a strategy which actually bypasses this sort of restriction. But you could imagine that this is extremely critical concern.
Presently this tool works by using 500 mostly used passwords to get into an account. Individuals who’ve very simple account passwords are mainly the easy target for this new tool.
The hacker has already posted this new hack tool on GitHub and says:
This bug is painfully obvious and was only a matter of time before it was privately used for malicious or nefarious activities, I publicly disclosed it so apple will patch it.
The Apple will patches the exploit quickly which is used to hack the iCloud accounts.