dumpdecrypted

Dumps decrypted mach-o files from encrypted iPhone applications from memory to disk. This tool is necessary for security researchers to be able to look under the hood of encryption.

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Dumps decrypted mach-o files from encrypted iPhone applications from memory to disk. This tool is necessary for security researchers to be able to look under the hood of encryption.

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Observed mentions: 2013-01-02 07:06:17 UTC to 2016-05-04 00:50:45 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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pudquick·Jan 2, 2013

> Sounds like they haven't really broken apple's DRM Yes and no. No, in the sense that they are abusing the pay-for Apple developer services in order to get the software pushed to non-jailbroken devices. As such, they are still playing within the DRM system. But in the case of Zeusmos, yes, Apple's DRM (FairPlay) is broken in that "re-signing" involves signing a copy of the (App Store published) commercial app that had its original DRM removed. See here: https://github.com/stefanesser/dumpdecrypted These techniques were how tools like Crackulous worked, which allowed for the stealing of iOS App Store apps in the first place.

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