4 September 2023 by Alberto Pasca on development, generic, hack, macOS, security

macOS Forensis – Analyze file timestamps in deep

In digital forensics, analyzing timestamps can provide valuable insights into the timeline of events and help reconstruct a digital crime scene. This article focuses on macOS forensics and delves into the analysis of timestamps using a real-world example.

By examining the metadata of a file, specifically the “icon.png.webp” file, we will explore various timestamps and their significance in forensic investigations.

Example

Let’s start by analyzing the metadata of the “icon.png.webp” file using the “mdls” command in macOS, generally located in /usr/bin/mdls.

8 March 2022 by Alberto Pasca on development, funny, generic, hack, ios, macOS, mobile, swift, xcode

DIY: Hack Weward for iOS

Weward is a mobile app that basically pay-you if you walk; offer also a price exchange and lots of offers inside the app.

The first time I opened it, I see at glance that I can hack it… and of course you can do it by yourself, very quick and easily. Let’s see how.

15 February 2021 by Alberto Pasca on development, hack, ios, macOS, mobile, objectivec, swift, xcode

iOS – Fake GPS position: how to use and prevent

Very often a lots of iOS applications use your gps position to retrieve data or to lock / unlock contents positions based.

With Android you can use lots of apps called Fake GPS or similar that allow you to change your real gps position with a mocked one.

On Android development side this can be blocked checking via code the:

16 November 2020 by Alberto Pasca on hack, ios, mobile, swift

iOS – Data Leakage: App background cache

Today I want to share a simple way to retrieve user data from a native iOS cache image, automatically generated when your app goes in background.

You can retrieve this kind of informations if your phone was lost or Jailbreaked or connecting it to your pc and open an old backup. You can use tools like iBackup Viewer and more…

Let’s see how it works!

17 May 2020 by Alberto Pasca on development, funny, hack, ios, mobile, swift, xcode

Hacking “Laica Body Touch” weight scale with iOS

I have bought a new weight scale that works with or without a smartphone.

There is a proprietary app, called Laica Body Touch.

Problem with this app are:

1 March 2020 by Alberto Pasca on android, development, funny, generic, hack, ios, macOS, nodejs

Xiaomi Roborock – control via socket API

Why this guide?

My need was to control the robot asking simple commands through Google Home and Alexa like: “Alexa, clean the bathroom“.

With my robot, this was not possible. With the app, you can configure the zones but you can’t simply ask for cleaning only one zone, two times, for instance, all in automatic.

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