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iOS Forensics for Investigators

You're reading from   iOS Forensics for Investigators Take mobile forensics to the next level by analyzing, extracting, and reporting sensitive evidence

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234083
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gianluca Tiepolo Gianluca Tiepolo
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1 – Data Acquisition from iOS Devices
2. Chapter 1: Introducing iOS Forensics FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Data Acquisition from iOS Devices 4. Section 2 – iOS Data Analysis
5. Chapter 3: Using Forensic Tools 6. Chapter 4: Working with Common iOS Artifacts 7. Chapter 5: Pattern-of-Life Forensics 8. Chapter 6: Dissecting Location Data 9. Chapter 7: Analyzing Connectivity Data 10. Chapter 8: Email and Messaging Forensics 11. Chapter 9: Photo, Video, and Audio Forensics 12. Chapter 10: Analyzing Third-Party Apps 13. Chapter 11: Locked Devices, iTunes Backups, and iCloud Forensics 14. Section 3 – Reporting
15. Chapter 12: Writing a Forensic Report and Building a Timeline 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Analyzing networking data

Modern smartphones rely more than ever on a networking connection to perform their tasks and enrich the user's experience. At the beginning of this chapter, we discussed cellular-related artifacts; now, we will focus on Wi-Fi connections before discussing network usage in general.

Analyzing the networking data that's provided by an iOS device can give the investigator a precise idea of what services and applications are consuming bandwidth, and which networks the device is connected to.

We'll introduce the topic by learning how to extract some basic networking-related data from a full filesystem.

Airplane mode

To detect if the device was placed in airplane mode or not, you can examine the com.apple.radios.plist file, which is located at /private/var/preferences/SystemConfiguration/. The PLIST contains an AirplaneMode key with a value of true or false.

Wi-Fi MAC address

The MAC address of the wireless network interface within...

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