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MacOS DFIR Commands

Dumping Memory

OSXPMem

MacPmem

sudo kextload MacPmem.kext
sudo dd if=/dev/pmem of=memorydump.raw

Live Mac IR / Triage

System Information 

date
sw_vers
uname –a
hostname
cat /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
cat /private/var/log/daily.out
cat /Library/preferences/.Globalpreferences.plist

Network Connections 

netstat –an
netstat –anf
lsof -i

Routing Table 

netstat –rn

Network Information 

arp –an
ndp -an
ifconfig

Open Files 

lsof

File System Usage 

sudo fs_usage
sudo fs_usage [process] 
sudo fs_usage -f network
sudo fs_usage pid [PID]

Bash History 

cat ~/.bash_history
history

User Logins 

who -a
w
last

Running Processes 

ps aux

System Profiler 

system_profiler -xml -detaillevel full > systemprofiler.spx

Persistent Locations

Quick Overview (KnockKnock)

./KnockKnock.app/Contents/MacOS/KnockKnock -whosthere > /path/to/some/file.json

XPC Services

ls Applications/<application>.app/Contents/XPCServices/
cat Applications/<application>.app/Contents/XPCServices/*.xpc/Contents/Info.plist
ls ~/System/Library/XPCServices/

Launch Agents & Launch Daemons

ls /Library/LaunchAgents/
ls /System/Library/LaunchAgents/
ls /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
ls /Library/LaunchDaemons/
ls /users/*/Library/LaunchAgents/
ls /users/*/Library/LaunchDaemons/

LoginItems

cat ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist
ls <application>.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/

Disable Persistent Launch Daemon 

sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/<name>.plist
sudo launchctl stop /Library/LaunchDaemons/<name>.plist

Web Browsing Preferences 

cat ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist 
ls ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Preferences
ls ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/********.default/prefs.js

Safari Internet History 

cat ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist
cat ~/Library/Safari/History.plist 
cat ~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist
ls ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Webpage Previews/ 
sqlite3 ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

Chrome Internet History 

ls ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History
ls ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default/Cache/
ls ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default/Media Cache/

Firefox Internet History 

sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/********.default/places.sqlite 
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/********.default/downloads.sqlite
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/********.default/formhistory.sqlite
ls ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/********.default/Cache

Apple Email 

cat ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Accounts.plist
ls ~/Library/Mail/V2/
ls ~/Library/Mail Downloads/
ls ~/Downloads
cat ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/OpenAttachments.plist

Temporary / Cached 

ls /tmp
ls /var/tmp 
ls /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/Java/tmp
ls /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/Java/cache
	/Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app

System and Audit Logs 

ls /private/var/log/asl/
ls /private/var/audit/
cat /private/var/log/appfirewall.log
ls ~/Library/Logs
ls /Library/Application Support/<app> 
ls /Applications/ 
ls /Library/Logs/

Specific Log Analysis 

bzcat system.log.1.bz2 
system.log.0.bz2 >> system_all.log 
cat system.log >> system_all.log
syslog -f <file>
syslog –T utc –F raw –d /asl
syslog -d /asl
praudit –xn /var/audit/*
sudo log collect
log show
log stream

Files Quarantined 

ls ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEvents.V2
ls ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEvents

User Accounts / Password Shadows 

ls /private/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/ 
ls /private/var/db/shadow/<User GUID>

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) 

cat /etc/pam.d/sudo
cat /etc/pam.conf
ls /etc/pam.d/

File Fingerprinting/Reversing 

file <filename>
xxd <filename>
nm -arch x86_64 <filename>
otool -L <filename>
sudo vmmap <pid>
sudo lsof -p <pid>
xattr –xl <file>

Connected Disks and Partitions 

diskutil list
diskutil info <disk>
diskutil cs
ap list
gpt –r show 
gpt -r show -l

Disk File Image Information 

hdiutil imageinfo *.dmg

User Keychain Information 

security list-keychains
security dump-keychains -d <keychain>

Spotlight Metadata 

mdimport –X | -A
mdls <file>