IOS

Table of content

• Extract SMS from IOS
  • Create an encrypted backup
  • Extract the information from the backup
  • Locate the SMS database
  • Retrieve SMS

Extract SMS from IOS

Create an encrypted backup

Create an encrypted backup on iTunes and be sure you know the enccryption password.

If you want to reset the password :

Settings > General > Reset > Reset all settings

Extract the information from the backup

The following repo can be used to extracct information from IOS backup :

https://github.com/dinosec/iphone-dataprotection

Then retrieve the backup file on : %AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Then run :

python iphone-dataprotection/python-scripts/backup_tools.py ${backupFile} ${outputDirectory}

Locate the SMS database

The SMS database is stored in HomeDomain/Library/SMS

Retrieve SMS

Open the database with sqlite3, and look at the table message