{"id":911,"date":"2016-06-07T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/?p=911"},"modified":"2024-12-11T19:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T19:18:21","slug":"itunes-backup-forensic-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/software\/itunes-backup-forensic-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes backup forensic analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, an iTunes backup is a common information storage a mobile forensics examiner deals with during iOS device investigations. <!--more-->As you know, such backups can be encrypted or unencrypted, and can be found on suspect&#8217;s computer drive or be the result of a logical data extraction via your favorite mobile forensics suite or iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>If a backup is made by iTunes, it can be found in the following folders, which are commonly examined in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/\"><strong>digital forensics<\/strong> <strong>investigations<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac: ~\/Library\/Application Support\/MobileSync\/Backup\/<\/li>\n<li>Windows XP: \\Documents and Settings\\&lt;username&gt;\\Application\u00a0Data\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup\\<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10: \\Users\\&lt;username&gt;\\AppData\\Roaming\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup\\<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In these folders, a mobile forensics examiner will find a subfolder with name which is\u00a0equivalent to the device&#8217;s Unique Device Identifier (UDID) &#8211; a 40 character long string:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_folder.png\" alt=\"itunes_backup_folder\" width=\"650\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_folder.png 650w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_folder-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_folder-512x269.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 1. Windows 10 iTunes\u00a0backup folder<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Four standard files can be found inside the folders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Info.plist &#8211;\u00a0stores data about the\u00a0backed-up device, including its phone number, ICCID, IMEI, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Manifest.mdbd &#8211; stores info about backed up files: domain, path, file size, MAC times, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Manifest.plist &#8211; stores info about\u00a0the content of the\u00a0backup, for example, the list of applications installed on the device.<\/li>\n<li>Status.plist &#8211; stores info about the process of backing up &#8211; was it successful or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The folder also contains the files themselves, but their names are created by a SHA-1 hash of their name, along with their path and domain:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_files.png\" alt=\"itunes_backup_files\" width=\"286\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_files.png 286w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/itunes_backup_files-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 2. Four standard files and some of the backed-up files<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, such backups can be imported in your favorite mobile forensics suite, for example, Oxygen Forensic Analyst, and be successfully parsed, but we are going to show you how to examine them manually with a free tool called <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/iphoneanalyzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Analyzer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If your iTunes backup is stored in the standard folder, this tool finds it automatically:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer.png\" alt=\"forensics_with_iphone_analyzer\" width=\"1497\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer.png 1497w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer-512x320.png 512w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer-920x576.png 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1497px) 100vw, 1497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 3. iPhone Analyzer start window<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To start the analysis choose the backup and click Analyze IPhone Backup &gt;&gt;&gt;. Next, the pop-up windows will show you information about the iPhone and files:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2.png\" alt=\"forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2\" width=\"1274\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2.png 1274w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2-512x377.png 512w, https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_2-920x677.png 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 4. iPhone Analyzer main window<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Bookmarks pane allows an examiner to automatically extract information about Address Book, Location Map, Voicemail, Messages, Calls, etc. For an in-depth manual analysis, you should use the File System pane:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforensicscorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_3.png\" alt=\"forensics_with_iphone_analyzer_3\" width=\"294\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Figure 5. File System pane<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The tool has built-in SQLite-, Hex- and Plist-viewers. It&#8217;s important to note that the SQLite-viewer allows a mobile forensics examiner to extract deleted fragments from databases: to do it, choose Deleted Fragments while examining a SQLITE file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As you can see, iPhone Analyzer is a quite powerful tool for iTunes backups forensic examinations, especially if you prefer manual analysis. So, if you need a free tool for iOS forensics, this could be a good choice.<\/p>\n<h2>About the authors:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/igormikhaylovcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Igor Mikhaylov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interests: Computer, Cell Phone &amp; Chip-Off Forensics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oleg-skulkin-96652a87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oleg Skulkin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interests: iOS forensics, Android forensics, Mac OS X forensics, Windows forensics, Linux forensics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nowadays, an iTunes backup is a common information storage a mobile forensics examiner deals with during iOS 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