A iOS 15 or above? We’ve got you! New checkm8 extraction method in Oxygen Forensic® Detective v. 14.3

In Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.14.3, we have updated our checkm8 acquisition method, adding support for devices operating on iOS versions 15-15.3

The checkm8 acquisition from iOS devices in Oxygen Forensic® Detective V12.6 was added in July of 2020. Since then many things have been changed, we have updated our tool several times over the few months to remain the best solution provider for the investigators in mobile forensics on the market.

According to the Apple, iOS id the current major release and the latest iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple for it’s iPhone and iPod Touch lines of products. The iOS 15 was released on September 20, 2021. After the new updates, on February 10th, 2022 iOS version 15.3.1 came out by fixing the bugs.

In Oxygen Forensic® Detective v.14.3, we have updated our checkm8 acquisition method, adding support for devices operating on iOS versions 15-15.3.1. We have successfully tested the updated method on following devices:

iPhone 6s
iPhone 7
iPhone 8
iPhone X
However, this method is likely to work correctly on other iOS devices, such as iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, iPad 5 Gen, iPad 6 Gen, and iPad 7 Gen with the iOS version from 15-15.3. 
 To find out more about how to extract data from iOs click the link below to read the Blog

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