Different encryption keys are generated for different phone numbers registered on the same Apple ID. The encryption key, generated by WhatsApp at the time of the first backup, is unique per each combination of Apple ID and phone number. Since December 2016, both manual and daily stand-alone backups produced by WhatsApp iPhone app and stored in the user’s iCloud Drive are automatically encrypted with industry-standard AES256 encryption. “ 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.“ĭecrypting iPhone users’ WhatsApp backups “ 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, CEO, ElcomSoft. 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 Explorer for WhatsApp, all-in-one tool for extracting, decrypting and analyzing WhatsApp communication histories.
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