iOS Forensics for Investigators: Take mobile forensics to the next level by analyzing, extracting, and reporting sensitive evidence

Extract crucial data and lead successful criminal investigations by infiltrating every level of iOS devices

Key Features

- Explore free and commercial tools for carrying out data extractions and analysis for digital forensics
- Learn to look for key artifacts, recover deleted mobile data, and investigate processed data
- Get up and running with extracting full filesystem images and jailbreak devices to gather the most data possible

Book Description

Professionals working in the mobile forensics industry will be able to put their knowledge to work with this practical guide to learning how to extract and analyze all available data from an iOS device.

This book is a comprehensive, how-to guide that leads investigators through the process of collecting mobile devices and preserving, extracting, and analyzing data, as well as building a report. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book starts by covering the fundamentals of mobile forensics and how to overcome challenges in extracting data from iOS devices. Once you've walked through the basics of iOS, you'll learn how to use commercial tools to extract and process data and manually search for artifacts stored in database files. Next, you'll find out the correct workflows for handling iOS devices and understand how to extract valuable information to track device usage. You'll also get to grips with analyzing key artifacts, such as browser history, the pattern of life data, location data, and social network forensics.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to establish a proper workflow for handling iOS devices, extracting all available data, and analyzing it to gather precious insights that can be reported as prosecutable evidence.

What you will learn

- Become familiar with the mobile forensics workflow
- Understand how to legally seize iOS devices and preserve their data
- Extract evidence through logical and filesystem acquisitions
- Perform a deep-dive analysis of user data and system data
- Gain insights by analyzing third-party applications
- Get to grips with gathering evidence stored on iCloud

Who this book is for

Forensic analysts and investigators interested in extending their skills to extract data from iOS devices, including system logs, device usage, and third-party application data, will find this book useful. Anyone familiar with the principles of digital forensics and looking to expand their knowledge base in deep iOS examinations will also benefit from this book.

Knowledge of mobile forensic principles, data extraction, Unix/Linux terminal, and some hands-on understanding of databases and SQL query language is assumed.

從滲透iOS設備的各個層面，提取關鍵數據並成功進行刑事調查。

主要特點：

- 探索免費和商業工具，進行數字取證的數據提取和分析。
- 學習尋找關鍵證據，恢復已刪除的移動數據，並調查處理過的數據。
- 學習提取完整的文件系統映像和越獄設備，以收集最多的數據。

書籍描述：

從事移動數據取證行業的專業人士將能夠通過這本實用指南將他們的知識應用於從iOS設備中提取和分析所有可用數據。

這本書是一本全面的指南，引導調查人員通過收集移動設備、保存、提取和分析數據以及撰寫報告的過程。書中詳細解釋了基本概念，提供實際示例和自我評估問題。首先，介紹了移動數據取證的基礎知識，以及如何克服從iOS設備中提取數據的挑戰。在瞭解了iOS的基礎知識後，您將學習如何使用商業工具提取和處理數據，並手動搜索存儲在數據庫文件中的證據。接下來，您將了解處理iOS設備的正確工作流程，並瞭解如何提取有價值的信息以追蹤設備使用情況。您還將掌握分析關鍵證據的技巧，例如瀏覽器歷史記錄、生活模式數據、位置數據和社交網絡取證。

通過閱讀本書，您將能夠建立適當的iOS設備處理工作流程，提取所有可用數據並進行分析，以獲得可作為可起訴證據的寶貴見解。

您將學到什麼：

- 熟悉移動數據取證工作流程。
- 瞭解如何合法扣押iOS設備並保存其數據。
- 通過邏輯和文件系統取證提取證據。
- 對用戶數據和系統數據進行深入分析。
- 通過分析第三方應用程序獲取見解。
- 掌握從iCloud上收集存儲的證據。

本書適合對擴展其技能以從iOS設備中提取數據（包括系統日誌、設備使用情況和第三方應用程序數據）感興趣的取證分析師和調查人員。任何熟悉數字取證原則並希望擴大其在深入iOS檢查方面的知識基礎的人也會從本書中受益。

假設讀者具備移動數據取證原則、數據提取、Unix/Linux終端和對數據庫和SQL查詢語言的一些實踐理解。

Gianluca Tiepolo is a cybersecurity researcher who specializes in mobile forensics and incident response. He holds a BSc degree in Computer Science and an MSc in Information Security, as well as several security-related certifications.

Over the past 12 years, he has performed security monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, and intelligence analysis as a consultant for dozens of organizations, including several Fortune 100 companies. Gianluca is also the co-founder of the startup Sixth Sense Solutions, which developed AI-based anti-fraud solutions. Today, Gianluca works as a Security Delivery Team Lead for consulting firm Accenture Security.

In 2016, he authored the book Getting Started with RethinkDB, published by Packt Publishing.

Gianluca Tiepolo是一位專注於移動設備取證和事件回應的資安研究員。他擁有計算機科學學士學位和資訊安全碩士學位，並擁有多項與資安相關的認證。

在過去的12年中，他作為顧問為數十家組織進行安全監控、威脅狩獵、事件回應和情報分析，其中包括數家財富100強公司。Gianluca也是初創公司Sixth Sense Solutions的共同創辦人，該公司開發了基於人工智慧的反欺詐解決方案。如今，Gianluca在咨詢公司Accenture Security擔任安全交付團隊負責人。

2016年，他撰寫了Packt Publishing出版的書籍《Getting Started with RethinkDB》。

1. Introducing iOS Forensics
2. Data Acquisition from iOS Devices
3. Using Forensic Tools
4. Working with Common iOS Artifacts
5. Pattern-of-Life Forensics
6. Dissecting Location Data
7. Analyzing Connectivity Data
8. Email and Messaging Forensics
9. Photo, Video, and Audio Forensics
10. Analyzing Third-party Apps
11. Locked Devices, iTunes Backups, and iCloud Forensics
12. Writing a Forensic Report and Building a Timeline

1. iOS 鑑識介紹
2. 從 iOS 裝置取得數據
3. 使用鑑識工具
4. 處理常見的 iOS 數據片段
5. 生活模式鑑識
6. 解析位置數據
7. 分析連線數據
8. 電子郵件和訊息鑑識
9. 照片、影片和音訊鑑識
10. 分析第三方應用程式
11. 鎖定裝置、iTunes 備份和iCloud 鑑識
12. 撰寫鑑識報告和建立時間軸