Cybersecurity

iPhone Hacking Firm Updates Tool in Midst of Apple-FBI Spat

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Digital forensics firm Cellebrite released a new tool that could be used to access data on the iPhones at the heart of the latest spat between Apple Inc. and the FBI.

The company pushed out an update to its UFED Physical Analyzer software that helps law enforcement agencies and other customers extract and analyze information on some iPhones.