iPhone 15 Pro Max compromised bug log analysis

DSRE455 wrote:

my iPhone 15 Pro Max was hacked really bad if I showed the bug logs, would anybody here know anybody or be able to decipher any of it?

Here? No.

Telemetry and related logging is intended for Apple and third-party developers troubleshooting their own apps, and Apple automates their scanning.

Most tooling goes to some effort to avoid leaving traces in the log, or simply deletes the logs with traces.

What you’re reporting involves tooling worth millions of dollars, and a very well-funded adversary.

Contact an organization specializing in forensics.

If, on the other hand, you got the “pervert” mail or something similar claiming exploit tools and a compromise and threatening sextortion, there’s no hack, no compromise, no videos or photos were accessed, and no issues. It’s a scam based on lies.

stedman1 wrote:

It is ridiculously difficult to hack an iPhone.

It is ridiculously easy for a person to be hacked.

Neither instance will show in “Log Files”.

It's also fairly common for people who

• aren't software developers,
• think they are "hacked", and
• go through diagnostics and log files

to misinterpret what they see.

For instance, they will see references to "RAT" on a smartphone and assume this means "Remote Access Trojan" when in fact it refers to "Radio Access Technology" (something to be expected on a cellular phone bristling with cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS radio circuits).

Even someone who is a software developer may have trouble decoding logs unless they (a) have experience with the particular subsystem that generated them, (b) have access to source code, and (c) spend a lot of time trying to figure the logs out. Log messages, by their nature, tend to be raw dumps of events that might – or might not – be significant when troubleshooting problems or fine-tuning a system. It's very easy to get code to generate so many of them that they overwhelm even the developer who put in the code to generate them.

stedman1 wrote:

It is ridiculously difficult to hack an iPhone.

It is ridiculously easy for a person to be hacked.

Neither instance will show in “Log Files”.

All true! +1

To get any assistance, it will require explaining the problems you are having or what makes you think you have been hacked.

It is ridiculously difficult to hack an iPhone.

It is ridiculously easy for a person to be hacked.

Neither instance will show in “Log Files”.

DSRE455 wrote:

my iPhone 15 Pro Max was hacked really bad

No. It wasn't. It wasn't hacked at all, much less 'really bad'.

if I showed the bug logs, would anybody here know anybody or be able to decipher any of it?

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