New Apple ID attack tool surfaces as Apple pulls Photos web app from iCloud.com

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By Christian ZibregJan 2, 2015, 10:27 am1.1k ptsHot
Friday, a new attack tool was posted to GitHub that uses brute-force dictionary attacks on iCloud and Apple ID accounts with weak passwords. Using a dictionary list containing more than 500 words, the ‘iDict’ tool pretends to be a legitimate iPhone device trying to log in to iCloud.com. Somehow, it manages to…

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