Apple Diagnostic Logs – Phones and More

2020 National Cyber Crime Conference

This talk will introduce participants to Apple device diagnostic logs. The function and purpose of the “sysdiagnose” logs will be discussed. Participants will then learn how to create, collect, and analyze logs from various Apple mobile and IOT devices. Artifacts of investigative value will be covered and methods for parsing these artifacts using open source, paid, and MacOS tools will be presented.