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iOS 15 Image Forensics Analysis and Tools Comparison - Processing details and general device information

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As explained in the first blog post, I would like to start discussing the acquisition and processing details. The acquisition was done by Josh Hickman using the Cellebrite Premium tool and the result is a Full File System capture in the traditional file format created by UFED. If you open the file EXTRACTION _FFS.zip ZIP you will see that UFED organizes the extracted full file system into 5 subfolders; filesystem1 : extraction of system partition, without the mount point “/private/var/mobile/” (“user data") filesystem2: extraction of the mount point for user data (“/private/var/mobile”) metadata1: metadata for files stored in “filesystem1” metadata1: metadata for files stored in “filesystem2” extra: iOS Keychain As always, when an acquisition is made with UFED, the ZIP file is accompanied by a UFD file that contains all the details of the acquisition process. UFED PA can load an acquisition created with UFED 4PC/Premium by simply loading the UFD file into PA GUI. The user has just