Investigating iOS Calendar
05/04/2024 Friday
The iOS Calendar app is a very useful tool for managing schedules, appointments, and events on Apple devices. It seamlessly integrates with other Apple services like iCloud, allowing users to access their calendars across multiple devices. With features such as customizable views (day, week, month, or year), color-coded event categories, and reminders, users can efficiently organize their time and stay on top of their commitments. Users can also set alerts and notifications to ensure they don't miss important appointments.
Digital Forensics Value of iOS Calendar
The iOS Calendar holds significant value in digital forensics due to its ability to provide a detailed record of a user's activities, appointments, and schedules. Forensic analysts can extract valuable information from the calendar app, including past and future events, meeting locations, participant details, and event descriptions. This data can be crucial in reconstructing timelines, understanding user behavior, and establishing connections between individuals or events. Furthermore, the iOS Calendar's integration with other Apple services like iCloud allows for synchronization across devices, providing a comprehensive view of a user's schedule.
Location of iOS Calendar Artifacts
iOS Calendar artifacts can be found at the following location:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Calendar/Calendar.sqlitedb
Analyzing iOS Calendar Artifacts with ArtiFast
This section will discuss how to use ArtiFast to extract iOS calendar artifact from iOS machines’ files and what kind of digital forensics insights we can gain from the artifact.
After you have created your case and added evidence for the investigation, at the Artifact Selection phase, you can select iOS Calendar artifact parsers:
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Once ArtiFast parsers plugins complete processing the artifact for analysis, it can be reviewed via “Artifact View” or “Timeline View,” with indexing, filtering, and searching capabilities. Below is a detailed description of iOS Calendar artifact in ArtiFast.
iOS Calendar Identities
- Display Name : The account’s user display name.
- Address : The address where the calendar’s notifications will be sent to.
- First Name : The account user’s first name.
- Last Name : The account user’s last name.
iOS Calendar Items
- Start Date/Time : The date/time when this calendar’s event starts.
- End Date/Time : The date/time when this calendar’s event ends.
- Last Modified Date/Time : The date/time when this calendar’s event lastly modifies.
- Start Timezone : The timezone of this calendar’s start date/time.
- End Timezone : The timezone of this calendar’s end date/time.
- Calendar ID : The calendar ID from the calendar’s list where this item is associated with.
- All Day : Indicates whether this event is an all-day event or not.
- Summary : The summary of this calendar’s event.
iOS Calendar List
- Title : The title of this calendar list’s item.
- Flags : Flags.
- Color : The color of this calendar list’s item.
- Symbolic Color Name: The symbolic color name of this calendar list’s item.
- External ID : The external ID.
- Self Identity Email : The self-identity email.
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