While BlackBerry's global market share fell to less than one per cent according to Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/blackberry-market-share-to-fall-to-0-3-in-2018-idc-says.html), many BlackBerry devices are still used in corporate environments.
Security was always one of the BlackBerry's key points. Information stored in encrypted BlackBerry devices was impossible to extract or decrypt without knowing the correct passcode. However, attacking BlackBerry backups offers a way to recover user data.
Recovering information from BlackBerry devices depends on which version of the BlackBerry OS the device is running. If the device uses any version of BlackBerry OS prior to BlackBerry 10, the users can configure it to produce offline backups protected with a user-selectable password. If, however, the device is running BlackBerry 10, the backups are stored in an online cloud, and require the original BlackBerry ID and password to access...