Decode. Analyze. Understand.
Decode. Analyze. Understand.
Every log line in the Unified Log answers three separate questions, and it is tempting to believe it answers all of them at once. It does not. The subsystem and process registration tell you where the event was born. The…
In the realm of iOS forensics, certain codenames carry more weight than others. “Stark” is one of them. While the user interface proudly displays “CarPlay,” the underlying artifacts in the Unified Log remain loyal to their internal heritage. Today, we…
Following my previous research into physical button haptics, I’ve shifted focus to a more critical system state: the Emergency SOS sequence. While a standard button press navigates the UI, a sustained hold on the Apple Watch (watchOS 26.2) triggers a…
This week, I shifted my focus to the most common companion of the iPhone: the Apple Watch. While touch events on iOS are well-documented, physical button interactions on the Watch, specifically the Digital Crown and the Side Button, provide a…
This week a colleague shared some interesting artefacts related to the on-screen keyboard in iOS and asked me to validate them and provide forensic interpretation. The result: a consistent sequence of artefacts in the Apple Unified Log (AUL) that reveal…
The summer break is officially over, and it’s time to continue digging deeper into the Apple Unified Log (AUL). Up until now, my focus has been mostly on iPhones, but this week I shifted towards MacBook artefacts. What makes this…
This week, I focused on a subtle but powerful forensic signal in iOS: touchscreen interaction. These touch gestures can in fact reveal user intent, physical interaction, and even pre-unlock behaviour. I ran a series of controlled tests on an iPhone running…
This week I examined a forensic trace that is often underestimated in mobile analysis: the moment a user manually enables or disables Airplane Mode. With the release of iOS 26 Beta 1, the Apple Unified Log now provides clear and timestamped visibility…
This week, I took my first forensic look at iOS 26 beta, using a brand-new test setup designed to replicate the conditions I used in previous analyses on iOS 18. By repeating the same interaction patterns, for example unlocks, gestures, and idle…
This week, I turned to an older Apple device: the iPhone 6, running iOS 12.5.7. Despite its age, the Apple Unified Log (AUL) on this device still reveals detailed interaction artifacts particularly around Touch ID usage, passcode unlocks and Home Button artefacts.…
