Apple has seriously weakened iOS 10 backups against password hackers

A flaw Apple introduced in iOS 10 has made it far easier for password crackers to brute-force data backed up to iTunes, including credentials stored in Keychain.

iOS 10 might be the most secure version of Apple’s mobile OS, but Apple reportedly made a serious blunder in its implementation of password verifications for iOS 10 backups to iTunes on Mac and Windows PCs.