Ios Elegantbouncer: When You Can't Get Samples but Still Need to Catch Threats

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The post introduces Elegantbouncer, a tool for analyzing iOS backups to detect potential threats, and the discussion highlights its utility and accessibility for security analysis.

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tikimcfee

4 months ago

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This might seem a bit silly, but this is probably the first easily accessible and open iOS backup format extraction tool I've seen in many years. Maybe I've missed the good ones, or the hidden ones. But I find it quite fun that I can backup my device and run its output through this exploit analyzer to (a) determine if I have something to worry about and (b) stop fiddling with 3rd party hackaround software for file backup viewing. Cheers to the authors and the team that put this together, helping keep a rather closed OS at least somewhat safer, and sharing the tools to do so.

scintill76

4 months ago

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If I can hijack the thread a bit for a related question -- does anyone know of an easy selfhosted non-macOS server that will periodically pull full backups from iOS devices over Wifi (with the user's authorization on-device)? I think there's a lot of FOSS ground work for doing it on Linux, but hard to find good information about how to put it all together into a reliable automated solution, and sadly I don't really have the energy right now or dozens of hours to put into it.

I might even pay ~$100. I want it on Linux, but if it's under my control and reliable, maybe I could do Windows or macOS. Maybe I should just install iTunes on Windows in a VM...

selectodude

4 months ago

iMazing is what I use. Works on Windows so I can run it in a VM in proxmox.

DrWhax

4 months ago

You might like https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/ from us at Amnesty International.

Ecco

4 months ago

3 replies

The background on that page is so distracting…

colton_padden

4 months ago

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Was going to say the same thing. While neat it made it nearly impossible for me to focus on the content.

transputeAuthor

4 months ago

1 reply

Does reader mode help? No background visible on iOS Safari, even with content blockers disabled.

colton_padden

4 months ago

That does! Thank you.

cglan

4 months ago

i feel like it's really not that bad

fkyoureadthedoc

4 months ago

> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

Proofread0592

4 months ago

On desktop you can delete the div with id="particle-bg", its what I did to read the article before checking the comments

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