macOS, iOS and iCloud updates: forensic consequences

Every other day, Apple makes the work of forensic specialists harder. Speaking of iCloud, we partially covered this topic in Apple vs. Law Enforcement: Cloud Forensics and Apple vs Law Enforcement: Cloudy Times, but there is more to it today. The recent iOS (13.4) and macOS (10.15.4) releases brought some nasty surprises. Let’s talk about them.

iOS 13

It is difficult to say when it actually happened, but iOS stopped syncing call logs, and does not sync them for the time being. We covered call log sync some three years ago:

- iOS Call Syncing: How It Works
- iPhone User? Your Calls Go to iCloud

We even tried to bring the matter to Apple, but the only response was 'we take privacy very seriously' (I am not surprised). Anyway; call logs are no longer synchronized (com’on, Apple, did you forget about Continuity? 😊)

👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2020/04/macos-ios-and-icloud-updates-forensic-consequences/

By Vladimir Katalov

#iOS #security #iphone