Analysis on Privacy Threats in iOS Backup Mechanism
Ming Sun · Communications technology · 2012
The security research of iOS mainly focuses on detection application security,privacy vulnerabilities,analysis of security model,and data protection mechanism,etc.,while less in-depth study on backup mechanism security.Backup is the only certificated channel for acquisition of the data inside iOS devices.However,the transmitted data is short of necessary protective measures,thus leading to security and privacy threats.The method for backup analysis is described,and in-depth understanding of the backup data reveals that the serious privacy threats exist in iOS backup the protections of the third-party application data neglected.Finally,potential security vulnerabilities of the back-up mechanism are evaluated,and the security suggestions for protection of backup data proposed.