Merge branch 'main' into fix/alert-timestamps

[auto] Update iOS releases and versions

.github/workflows/publish-release-docker.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # the package version comes from the git tags
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 9 * * 1" # Mondays, 09:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    if: github.ref_type != 'tag'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: write
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: |
+          last=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*')
+          if [ "$(git rev-list "$last..HEAD" --count)" = 0 ]; then
+            echo "Nothing merged since $last"; exit 0
+          fi
+          tag=v$(date -u +%Y.%-m.%-d)
+          gh release create "$tag" --target "$GITHUB_SHA" --generate-notes
+          # Events made with GITHUB_TOKEN don't start other workflows; run them by hand.
+          gh workflow run release.yml --ref "$tag"
+          gh workflow run publish-release-docker.yml --ref "$tag"
+
+  publish:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # PyPI trusted publishing
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.0.0
+      - run: uv build && uv publish

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write # coverage comment
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Run Python Tests
@@ -13,6 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+    env:
+      # Takes precedence over .python-version, which otherwise makes `uv run`
+      # rebuild the venv with 3.10 and test every matrix entry on 3.10.
+      UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -26,16 +34,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          uv sync --locked --group dev --python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          uv sync --locked --group dev
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           make test-ci | tee pytest-coverage.txt
+      - name: Coverage job summary
+        run: uv run coverage report --format=markdown --show-missing --skip-covered >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
 
       - name: Pytest coverage comment
-        continue-on-error: true # Workflows running on a fork can't post comments
-        uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@main
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        # One comment per PR, not one per matrix entry. PRs from forks get a
+        # read-only token and can't post; the job summary above still works.
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && matrix.python-version == '3.13'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@v1.12.2
         with:
           pytest-coverage-path: ./pytest-coverage.txt
           junitxml-path: ./pytest.xml
+          # The full table with per-line links exceeds GitHub's 65536-char comment limit.
+          report-only-changed-files: true
+          remove-links-to-lines: true

Dockerfile

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   binutils \
   default-jre-headless \
   file \
+  git \
   jq \
   less \
   libcurl4 \

Makefile

@@ -32,8 +32,3 @@ clean:
 dist:
 	$(UV) build
 
-upload:
-	$(UV) tool run twine upload dist/*
-
-test-upload:
-	$(UV) tool run twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

README.md

@@ -58,34 +58,33 @@ For alternative installation options and known issues, please refer to the [docu
 
 ## Usage
 
-MVT provides two commands `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android`. [Check out the documentation to learn how to use them!](https://docs.mvt.re/)
+MVT provides three commands: `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` analyse acquisitions from devices of that platform, and `mvt` hosts what belongs to neither: `version`, `completion`, `plugins` and `download-iocs` (`version` and `download-iocs` remain available on the platform commands for now). Running `mvt` on its own shows the installed version, update notices and the available commands. [Check out the documentation to learn how to use them!](https://docs.mvt.re/)
+
+Pass `--verbose` to any of the three commands, before the command name (`mvt-ios --verbose check-backup ...`), for debug output. The `--verbose` option the `check-*` commands accept after their name still works but is kept for compatibility only and will be removed in a future release.
 
 ### Shell completion
 
-MVT can generate shell completion scripts for Bash, Zsh, and Fish:
+MVT can generate a shell completion script for Bash, Zsh, and Fish which covers `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android`:
 
 ```bash
-mvt-ios completion
-mvt-android completion
+mvt completion
 ```
 
-The commands print setup instructions by default. To generate a completion script directly, pass the shell name:
+The command prints setup instructions by default. To generate the completion script directly, pass the shell name:
 
 ```bash
-mvt-ios completion bash
-mvt-android completion zsh
+mvt completion bash
 ```
 
 MVT only writes completion files or shell configuration when `--install` is passed. See the [command completion documentation](https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/command_completion/) for details.
-Module-running `check-*` commands can load custom Python modules with
-`--load-module PATH` or from a folder set in `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES`. See the
-[development documentation](https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/development/) for
-details.
 
-Users can also add top-level commands to `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` from
-installed Python packages or local files and folders. See the
-[custom CLI command documentation](https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/custom_commands/)
-for the plugin entry points and `--load-command` interface.
+Plugin packages extend MVT with additional forensic modules, which run inside
+the `check-*` commands, and with top-level commands on `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and
+`mvt-android`. See the
+[development documentation](https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/development/) for
+writing and installing them, and the
+[custom CLI command documentation](https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/development/custom_commands/)
+for the entry points a package registers commands in.
 
 
 ## License

docs/android/intrusion_logs.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mvt-android check-intrusion-logs --output /path/to/results/ /path/to/intrusion-l
 | `-l, --list-modules` | List the available intrusion-log modules and exit. |
 | `-m, --module NAME` | Run a single module (e.g. `DnsEvent`) instead of all of them. |
 | `-t, --timezone TZ` | IANA timezone name for the device (e.g. `Europe/Paris`). When set, event timestamps are converted to the device's local time instead of UTC. |
-| `-v, --verbose` | Verbose logging. |
+| `-v, --verbose` | Verbose logging. Kept for compatibility and to be removed in a future release: pass `--verbose` to `mvt-android` itself instead. |
 
 ## Modules
 

docs/command_completion.md

@@ -6,61 +6,61 @@ Click provides tab completion support for Bash (version 4.4 and up), Zsh, and Fi
 
 To enable it, you need to register a completion script with your shell, which varies depending on the shell you are using.
 
-The following describes how to generate the command completion scripts and add them to your shell configuration.
+`mvt completion` generates one script which covers `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android`. The following describes how to generate that script and add it to your shell configuration.
 
 > **Note: You will need to start a new shell for the changes to take effect.**
 
 ### For Bash
 
 ```bash
-# Generate bash completion scripts
-mvt-ios completion bash > ~/.mvt-ios-complete.bash
-mvt-android completion bash > ~/.mvt-android-complete.bash
+# Generate the bash completion script
+mvt completion bash > ~/.mvt-complete.bash
 ```
 
 Add the following to `~/.bashrc`:
 ```bash
-# source mvt completion scripts
-[ -f ~/.mvt-ios-complete.bash ] && . ~/.mvt-ios-complete.bash
-[ -f ~/.mvt-android-complete.bash ] && . ~/.mvt-android-complete.bash
+# source the mvt completion script
+[ -f ~/.mvt-complete.bash ] && . ~/.mvt-complete.bash
 ```
 
 ### For Zsh
 
 ```bash
-# Generate zsh completion scripts
-mvt-ios completion zsh > ~/.mvt-ios-complete.zsh
-mvt-android completion zsh > ~/.mvt-android-complete.zsh
+# Generate the zsh completion script
+mvt completion zsh > ~/.mvt-complete.zsh
 ```
 
 Add the following to `~/.zshrc`:
 ```bash
-# source mvt completion scripts
-[ -f ~/.mvt-ios-complete.zsh ] && . ~/.mvt-ios-complete.zsh
-[ -f ~/.mvt-android-complete.zsh ] && . ~/.mvt-android-complete.zsh
+# source the mvt completion script
+[ -f ~/.mvt-complete.zsh ] && . ~/.mvt-complete.zsh
 ```
 
 ### For Fish
 
 ```bash
-# Generate fish completion scripts
-mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/completions
-mvt-ios completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/mvt-ios.fish
-mvt-android completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/mvt-android.fish
+# Generate the fish completion script
+mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/conf.d
+mvt completion fish > ~/.config/fish/conf.d/mvt-completion.fish
 ```
 
-Fish loads completion files from `~/.config/fish/completions` automatically.
+Fish loads the files in `~/.config/fish/conf.d` automatically.
 
 ### Automatic Installation
 
 MVT can write the completion file and update the relevant shell configuration for Bash and Zsh when you pass `--install`:
 
 ```bash
-mvt-ios completion bash --install
-mvt-android completion bash --install
+mvt completion bash --install
 ```
 
-Replace `bash` with `zsh` or `fish` as needed. For Fish, `--install` writes the completion file into `~/.config/fish/completions`.
+Replace `bash` with `zsh` or `fish` as needed. For Fish, `--install` writes the completion file into `~/.config/fish/conf.d` and changes no shell configuration.
+
+!!! note
+
+    Earlier versions generated one script per command, with `mvt-ios completion`
+    and `mvt-android completion`. Files written by them keep working. When you
+    switch to the single script, remove the old files and the lines which load
+    them from your shell configuration.
 
 For more information, visit the official [Click Docs](https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/shell-completion/#enabling-completion).
-

docs/custom_commands.md

@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-# Custom CLI Commands
-
-MVT can load additional top-level commands into `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android`.
-Custom commands are different from [custom forensic modules](development.md#custom-modules):
-commands add new CLI operations, while modules add analysis steps to existing
-`check-*` commands.
-
-!!! warning
-
-    Custom commands run as trusted Python code inside the MVT process. Install
-    or load commands only from sources you trust. MVT does not sandbox
-    third-party commands, and the MVT maintainers do not maintain them.
-
-## Install a Command Package
-
-Python packages can register a Click command or group for either MVT CLI. A
-minimal package can expose this command from `my_mvt_plugin.py`:
-
-```python
-import click
-
-
-@click.command()
-@click.argument("path", type=click.Path(exists=True))
-def summarize(path):
-    """Summarize an acquisition."""
-    click.echo(f"Summarizing {path}")
-```
-
-Register the object in the package's `pyproject.toml`. The entry-point name is
-the command users invoke:
-
-```toml
-[project.entry-points."mvt.ios.cli_plugins"]
-summarize = "my_mvt_plugin:summarize"
-
-[project.entry-points."mvt.android.cli_plugins"]
-summarize = "my_mvt_plugin:summarize"
-```
-
-Use only the iOS or Android group if the command is platform-specific. After
-installing the package in the same environment as MVT, it appears directly in
-the appropriate CLI:
-
-```bash
-mvt-ios summarize ./ios-backup
-mvt-android summarize ./androidqf-output
-```
-
-For a `pipx` installation of MVT, inject the plugin into MVT's environment:
-
-```bash
-pipx inject mvt my-mvt-plugin
-```
-
-When MVT is installed in an active virtual environment, install the plugin with
-`pip` in that environment.
-
-## Load a Command File
-
-For local commands that are not packaged, create a Python file that exports one
-Click command or group named `cli`:
-
-```python
-import click
-
-
-@click.command("case-summary")
-@click.argument("path", type=click.Path(exists=True))
-def cli(path):
-    """Summarize a case directory."""
-    click.echo(f"Summarizing {path}")
-```
-
-Pass the file before the custom command name:
-
-```bash
-mvt-ios --load-command ./case_summary.py case-summary ./ios-backup
-```
-
-`--load-command` can be repeated and also accepts a folder. MVT loads
-non-hidden top-level `*.py` files in sorted order and skips `__init__.py`.
-Every loaded file must export one `cli` object.
-
-To load a file or folder on every invocation, set the platform-specific
-environment variable:
-
-```bash
-export MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS=./ios_commands
-export MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS=./android_commands
-```
-
-## Naming and Errors
-
-Built-in MVT commands cannot be replaced. External command names must also be
-unique; when installed packages or environment paths collide, MVT keeps the
-first command and logs a warning. A collision from an explicit
-`--load-command` is a usage error.
-
-A package entry point or environment command that cannot be imported appears
-as a marked broken command without preventing other MVT commands from working.
-Invoke that command to see its package or file source and the underlying error.
-An invalid command supplied explicitly with `--load-command` fails immediately
-with a usage error.
-
-Installed command packages use the entry-point name as the CLI command name.
-The entry point must resolve to a `click.Command` or `click.Group`.

docs/development.md

@@ -1,218 +0,0 @@
-# Development
-
-The Mobile Verification Toolkit team welcomes contributions of new forensic modules or other contributions which help improve the software.
-
-## Local environment
-
-MVT uses `uv` for dependency management. To install the project and development dependencies from the locked environment, run:
-
-```bash
-make install
-```
-
-## Testing
-
-MVT uses `pytest` for unit and integration tests. Code style consistency is maintained with `ruff` and `mypy`. All can
-be run automatically with:
-
-```bash
-make check
-```
-
-Run these tests before making new commits or opening pull requests.
-
-## Module dependencies
-
-Modules can require other modules to run first by declaring their classes in
-`dependencies`. The command runner uses a stable topological ordering, so the
-existing module list order is preserved wherever dependency constraints allow.
-
-```python
-class DependentModule(MVTModule):
-    dependencies = (PrerequisiteModule,)
-
-    def run(self):
-        prerequisite_results = self.get_dependency_results(PrerequisiteModule)
-```
-
-Selecting a single module also runs its transitive dependencies. If a dependency
-is unavailable or the dependency graph contains a cycle, the command logs a
-warning and does not run any modules.
-
-## Custom modules
-
-Module-running `check-*` commands can load custom modules from Python files that
-are not installed as part of MVT. Load one file with:
-
-```bash
-mvt-ios check-backup --load-module ./example_module.py --output ./out ./backup
-```
-
-You can also load a folder. MVT loads non-hidden top-level `*.py` files in
-sorted order and skips `__init__.py`:
-
-```bash
-mvt-ios check-fs --load-module ./custom_modules ./filesystem-dump
-```
-
-Set `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` to load a folder for every module-running command. This
-folder is loaded before any `--load-module` path:
-
-```bash
-MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES=./custom_modules mvt-android check-bugreport ./bugreport.zip
-```
-
-Custom modules are normal `MVTModule` subclasses:
-
-```python
-from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
-
-
-class ExampleCustomModule(MVTModule):
-    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"), ("ios", "check-fs"))
-    slug = "example_custom_module"
-
-    def run(self):
-        self.results = [{"message": "custom module ran"}]
-
-    def check_indicators(self):
-        pass
-
-    def serialize(self, result):
-        return None
-```
-
-Use `supported_commands` to declare the platform/command pairs a module
-supports. Empty `supported_commands` means the module will not run and MVT logs
-a warning. This explicit declaration is required for every command. Supported
-pairs are:
-
-```python
-("ios", "check-backup")
-("ios", "check-fs")
-("ios", "check-iocs")
-("ios", "check-sysdiagnose")
-("android", "check-backup")
-("android", "check-bugreport")
-("android", "check-androidqf")
-("android", "check-intrusion-logs")
-("android", "check-iocs")
-```
-
-Custom modules can depend on existing MVT module classes. Dependencies are
-resolved with the same ordering logic as built-in modules, and custom modules
-are appended after built-ins before ordering:
-
-```python
-from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
-from mvt.ios.modules.backup.manifest import Manifest
-
-
-class DependentCustomModule(MVTModule):
-    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"),)
-    dependencies = (Manifest,)
-
-    def run(self):
-        manifest_results = self.get_dependency_results(Manifest)
-        self.results = [{"manifest_entries": len(manifest_results)}]
-```
-
-## Installed module packages
-
-Python packages can register modules so they load automatically in every
-module-running `check-*` command, without `--load-module` or
-`MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES`. Register an entry point in the `mvt.modules` group in
-the package's `pyproject.toml`:
-
-```toml
-[project.entry-points."mvt.modules"]
-mvt-plugin-amnesty-custom = "mvt_plugin_amnesty_custom:get_modules"
-```
-
-The entry point must resolve to an iterable of `MVTModule` subclasses, or to
-a callable returning one:
-
-```python
-from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
-
-
-class PackagedModule(MVTModule):
-    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"),)
-
-    def run(self):
-        self.results = [{"message": "packaged module ran"}]
-
-
-def get_modules() -> list[type[MVTModule]]:
-    return [PackagedModule]
-```
-
-Installed modules follow the same rules as other custom modules: each module
-must declare `supported_commands`, and dependencies are resolved with the
-standard ordering logic. A broken entry point is skipped with a warning and
-does not prevent MVT from running. As with custom commands, installed module
-packages run as trusted code inside the MVT process, so install only packages
-from sources you trust.
-
-For a `pipx` installation of MVT, inject the package into MVT's environment:
-
-```bash
-pipx inject mvt mvt-plugin-amnesty-custom
-```
-
-### Naming module packages
-
-Name module packages `mvt-plugin-<name>` (import package `mvt_plugin_<name>`),
-and include the name of the publishing organization or author so packages from
-different groups do not collide: for example, Amnesty International's custom
-modules would be distributed as `mvt-plugin-amnesty-custom` with the import
-package `mvt_plugin_amnesty_custom`.
-
-The prefix makes module packages easy to find on PyPI and keeps their import
-names from clashing with unrelated Python packages. It is a convention, not a
-technical requirement: modules load through the `mvt.modules` entry point
-regardless of what the package is called, and existing packages with other
-names keep working. Note that the prefix is also not a mark of authenticity —
-anyone can publish a package with any available name, so vet a module package
-and its publisher before installing it, whatever it is called.
-
-### Module logging
-
-Modules log through `self.log`, and MVT names the logger for where the module
-came from. MVT's own modules log under their dotted path (for example
-`mvt.ios.modules.mixed.whatsapp`). Everything external is namespaced under
-`mvt.ext` to keep it visually distinct from built-in modules and isolated from
-MVT's internal logger tree:
-
-- Installed packages log under `mvt.ext.<package>`, with the `mvt_plugin_`
-  prefix stripped: modules in `mvt_plugin_amnesty_custom` log as
-  `mvt.ext.amnesty_custom.*`.
-- Files loaded with `--load-module` or `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` log as
-  `mvt.ext.<file name>`.
-
-## Auditing loaded modules
-
-Because installed module packages load automatically, MVT records where every
-module came from:
-
-- `--list-modules` groups the available modules by source: MVT itself
-  (with its version), each installed package (with its version and, when
-  installed directly from a repository, the commit), and each file loaded
-  with `--load-module` or `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` (with the SHA-256 hash of the
-  file).
-- When a command runs with an `--output` folder, the `command.log` file
-  records one line per module source with the source's version or hash and
-  the list of modules loaded from it.
-
-## Profiling
-
-Some MVT modules extract and process significant amounts of data during the analysis process or while checking results against known indicators. Care must be
-take to avoid inefficient code paths as we add new modules.
-
-MVT modules can be profiled with Python built-in `cProfile` by setting the `MVT_PROFILE` environment variable.
-
-```bash
-MVT_PROFILE=1 dev/mvt-ios check-backup test_backup
-```
-
-Open an issue or PR if you are encountering significant performance issues when analyzing a device with MVT.

docs/development/custom_commands.md

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+# Custom CLI Commands
+
+MVT can load additional top-level commands into `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and
+`mvt-android`. A command package chooses which of the three each of its
+commands is added to.
+Custom commands are different from [custom forensic modules](index.md#custom-modules):
+commands add new CLI operations, while modules add analysis steps to existing
+`check-*` commands.
+
+!!! warning
+
+    Custom commands run as trusted Python code inside the MVT process. Install
+    or load commands only from sources you trust. MVT does not sandbox
+    third-party commands, and the MVT maintainers do not maintain them.
+
+## Install a Command Package
+
+Python packages can register a Click command or group on one or more of the MVT CLIs.
+A minimal package can expose this command from `my_mvt_plugin.py`:
+
+```python
+import click
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.argument("path", type=click.Path(exists=True))
+def summarize(path):
+    """Summarize an acquisition."""
+    click.echo(f"Summarizing {path}")
+```
+
+Log through `get_plugin_logger(__name__)` from `mvt.plugin`. Records logged
+through `logging.getLogger(__name__)` do not reach `command.log`, and MVT's
+console handler does not show them.
+
+Register the object in the package's `pyproject.toml`. The entry-point name is
+the command users invoke:
+
+```toml
+[project.entry-points."mvt.ios.cli_plugins"]
+summarize = "my_mvt_plugin:summarize"
+
+[project.entry-points."mvt.android.cli_plugins"]
+summarize = "my_mvt_plugin:summarize"
+```
+
+Each entry-point group adds the command to one CLI: `mvt.ios.cli_plugins` to
+`mvt-ios`, `mvt.android.cli_plugins` to `mvt-android` and `mvt.cli_plugins` to
+`mvt`. Register the command in the group of every CLI which should offer it: a
+platform-specific command belongs in one platform group, and a command which
+handles acquisitions of both platforms, as above, in both. After installing the
+package in the same environment as MVT, the command appears directly in those
+CLIs:
+
+```bash
+mvt-ios summarize ./ios-backup
+mvt-android summarize ./androidqf-output
+```
+
+For a `pipx` installation of MVT, inject the plugin into MVT's environment:
+
+```bash
+pipx inject mvt my-mvt-plugin
+```
+
+When MVT is installed in an active virtual environment, install the plugin with
+`pip` in that environment. `mvt plugins list` shows the installed packages and
+the commands they add, see [Managing Plugins](plugins.md).
+
+Command packages that need their own settings, such as an API key, should store
+them in a namespaced [plugin configuration file](plugin_configuration.md)
+rather than in MVT's own `config.yaml`.
+
+### Commands on `mvt`
+
+A MVT plugin command can also add sub-commands to the base `mvt` command. This can be used for commands which are not tied to a particular forensic platform:
+
+```toml
+[project.entry-points."mvt.cli_plugins"]
+my-plugin = "my_mvt_plugin:my_plugin"
+```
+
+Commands in this group are added to `mvt` only, so this one is invoked as
+`mvt my-plugin`. A command on `mvt` has nothing but its name to say which
+plugin it belongs to, so name it after the plugin, and make it a Click group
+when the plugin has several operations to offer, such as
+`mvt my-plugin configure`.
+
+## Developing a Command Locally
+
+A package is how a command is distributed. While a command is being written,
+MVT can load it straight from its file instead, so the package need not be
+reinstalled after every change; an editable install of the package does the
+same through its entry points. Create a Python file that exports one Click
+command or group named `cli`:
+
+```python
+import click
+
+
+@click.command("case-summary")
+@click.argument("path", type=click.Path(exists=True))
+def cli(path):
+    """Summarize a case directory."""
+    click.echo(f"Summarizing {path}")
+```
+
+Pass the file before the custom command name:
+
+```bash
+mvt-ios --load-command ./case_summary.py case-summary ./ios-backup
+```
+
+`--load-command` can be repeated and also accepts a folder. MVT loads
+non-hidden top-level `*.py` files in sorted order and skips `__init__.py`.
+Every loaded file must export one `cli` object.
+
+To load a file or folder on every invocation, set the environment variable of
+the CLI the commands belong on. Like the entry-point groups, each variable adds
+its commands to one CLI only:
+
+```bash
+export MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS=./commands
+export MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS=./ios_commands
+export MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS=./android_commands
+```
+
+## Building a Module-Running Command
+
+A command which runs forensic modules over an acquisition subclasses `Command`.
+`Command` creates the output folder and writes `command.log`. It orders the
+modules, resolves their dependencies and runs them. It writes the result files,
+`alerts.json` and `info.json`. The subclass sets `platform`, `name` and
+`modules`:
+
+```python
+from mvt.plugin import Command, MVTModule, convert_unix_to_iso, get_plugin_logger
+
+log = get_plugin_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class APKManifest(MVTModule):
+    supported_commands = (("android", "check-apks"),)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.results = [{"checked_at": convert_unix_to_iso(0)}]
+
+
+class CmdCheckAPKs(Command):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.platform = "android"
+        self.name = "check-apks"
+        self.modules = [APKManifest]
+```
+
+`platform` and `name` are the pair the modules declare in
+`supported_commands`. `modules` lists the module classes the command runs,
+imported directly. A command which runs modules of another plugin depends on
+that package in `pyproject.toml` and imports them the same way. `init()`,
+`module_init(module)` and `finish()` are optional hooks. `run()` calls them
+before the run, before each module and after the run.
+
+Wrap the command in a Click command with an `--output` option. Run it, then
+print the alert summary:
+
+```python
+import click
+
+
+@click.command("check-apks")
+@click.option("--output", "-o", type=click.Path(exists=False))
+@click.argument("TARGET_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
+def cli(output, target_path):
+    cmd = CmdCheckAPKs(target_path=target_path, results_path=output)
+    log.info("Checking APK files at path: %s", target_path)
+    cmd.run()
+    cmd.show_alerts_brief()
+```
+
+The `--verbose` option of `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` applies to the
+command. The command defines no `--verbose` option of its own. The pair a
+plugin command adds is not listed anywhere in MVT. Name it in the plugin's
+README.
+
+## Naming and Errors
+
+Built-in MVT commands cannot be replaced. External command names must also be
+unique on each CLI; when installed packages or environment paths collide, MVT
+keeps the first command and logs a warning. The environment path of a CLI is
+registered before its installed packages, so a command loaded from there wins a
+collision with a package. A collision from an explicit `--load-command` is a
+usage error.
+
+A package entry point or environment command that cannot be imported appears
+as a marked broken command without preventing other MVT commands from working.
+Invoke that command to see its package or file source and the underlying error.
+An invalid command supplied explicitly with `--load-command` fails immediately
+with a usage error.
+
+Installed command packages use the entry-point name as the CLI command name.
+The entry point must resolve to a `click.Command` or `click.Group`.

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+# Development
+
+The Mobile Verification Toolkit team welcomes contributions of new forensic modules or other contributions which help improve the software.
+
+## Local environment
+
+MVT uses `uv` for dependency management. To install the project and development dependencies from the locked environment, run:
+
+```bash
+make install
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+MVT uses `pytest` for unit and integration tests. Code style consistency is maintained with `ruff` and `mypy`. All can
+be run automatically with:
+
+```bash
+make check
+```
+
+Run these tests before making new commits or opening pull requests.
+
+## Module dependencies
+
+Modules can require other modules to run first by declaring their classes in
+`dependencies`. The command runner uses a stable topological ordering, so the
+existing module list order is preserved wherever dependency constraints allow.
+
+```python
+class DependentModule(MVTModule):
+    dependencies = (PrerequisiteModule,)
+
+    def run(self):
+        prerequisite_results = self.get_dependency_results(PrerequisiteModule)
+```
+
+Selecting a single module also runs its transitive dependencies.
+
+A module can only depend on modules the command it runs in also has. When a
+declared dependency is not among them, the command logs a warning naming the
+module and the missing dependency, skips that module and everything depending
+on it, and runs the rest of the analysis. Selecting such a module with
+`--module` therefore leaves nothing to run, which the warning explains.
+
+A cycle in the dependency graph is a programming error rather than a
+configuration problem: the command logs a warning and runs no modules at all.
+
+## Custom modules
+
+MVT's module-running `check-*` commands can run forensic modules which are not
+part of MVT. Custom modules are distributed as plugin packages. A Python
+package installed next to MVT registers its modules through an entry point.
+The modules then load automatically in every command they support, see
+[Installed module packages](#installed-module-packages). `mvt plugins list`
+shows the installed packages and where each one was installed from.
+
+MVT can also load module files by path, with `--load-module` and
+`MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES`, see
+[Developing modules locally](#developing-modules-locally). This can be used
+while writing a module. Use a Python package to distribute one.
+
+A custom module declares in `supported_commands` the platform and command
+pairs it runs in. A module with empty `supported_commands` does not run and
+MVT logs a warning. The nine pairs are:
+
+```python
+("ios", "check-backup")
+("ios", "check-fs")
+("ios", "check-iocs")
+("ios", "check-sysdiagnose")
+("android", "check-backup")
+("android", "check-bugreport")
+("android", "check-androidqf")
+("android", "check-intrusion-logs")
+("android", "check-iocs")
+```
+
+`check-iocs` re-checks stored results rather than an acquisition. It matches
+every `<slug>.json` file in the results folder to the module with that slug.
+It then runs that module's `check_indicators()` again. A module which
+implements `check_indicators()` is included in `check-iocs` for its platform.
+It does not need to declare the `check-iocs` pair.
+
+### Writing a module
+
+A module subclasses `MVTModule` or one of the base classes below and
+implements `run()`. `check_indicators()` and `serialize()` are optional. The
+first matches results against IOCs or detections. The second returns timeline
+records.
+
+```python
+from mvt.plugin import IOSExtraction, convert_unix_to_iso
+
+
+class ExampleCustomModule(IOSExtraction):
+    supported_commands = (
+        ("ios", "check-backup"),
+        ("ios", "check-fs"),
+    )
+    slug = "example_custom_module"
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.results = [{"checked_at": convert_unix_to_iso(0)}]
+
+    def check_indicators(self):
+        pass
+
+    def serialize(self, result):
+        return None
+```
+
+The base classes are:
+
+- `MVTModule`: the base of every module. It provides `self.results`,
+  `self.alertstore`, `self.log`, `self.indicators` and
+  `get_dependency_results()`. Subclass it directly for a module which reads
+  only the results of other modules.
+- `IOSExtraction`: `("ios", "check-backup")` and `("ios", "check-fs")`. Adds
+  `_find_ios_database()`, which locates a module's database in a backup or in
+  a filesystem dump and repairs it if it is malformed. Adds
+  `_get_backup_files_from_manifest()`, `_get_backup_file_from_id()` and
+  `_get_fs_files_from_patterns()`. Adds `_open_sqlite_db()`, which opens a
+  database read-only.
+- `SysdiagnoseExtraction`: `("ios", "check-sysdiagnose")`. MVT extracts the
+  archive and calls `from_sysdiagnose_folder()` before `run()`. The module
+  reads files with `_get_files_by_pattern()` and `_get_file_content()`.
+  `ips_files` lists the crash reports. See
+  [Check an iOS Sysdiagnose](../ios/sysdiagnose.md).
+- `AndroidQFModule`: `("android", "check-androidqf")`. MVT calls `from_dir()`
+  or `from_zip()` with the file list of the acquisition. The module reads
+  files with `_get_files_by_pattern()` and `_get_file_content()`.
+  `_get_device_timezone()` returns the device timezone.
+- `AndroidBackupModule`: `("android", "check-backup")`. MVT calls `from_dir()`
+  or `from_ab()`. The module reads files with `_get_files_by_pattern()` and
+  `_get_file_content()`.
+- `BugReportModule`: `("android", "check-bugreport")`. MVT calls `from_dir()`
+  or `from_zip()`. The module reads files with `_get_files_by_pattern()`,
+  `_get_files_by_patterns()` and `_get_file_content()`.
+  `_get_dumpstate_file()` returns the dumpstate file, and
+  `_get_file_modification_time()` the modification time of a file.
+
+The underscore-named helpers are internal to the base classes. Plugin modules
+can call them. Their names and signatures can change between releases. Read
+the base class in `src/mvt/ios/modules` or `src/mvt/android/modules` before
+relying on one.
+
+### Depending on a built-in module
+
+A module which post-processes records generated by one or more built-in MVT
+modules must declare the source modules in `dependencies`. It reads their
+results with `get_dependency_results()`. Import the class from its family
+package: `mvt.ios.modules.backup`, `mvt.ios.modules.fs`,
+`mvt.ios.modules.mixed`, `mvt.android.modules.androidqf`,
+`mvt.android.modules.backup`, `mvt.android.modules.bugreport` or
+`mvt.android.modules.intrusion_logs`.
+
+```python
+from mvt.ios.modules.backup import Manifest
+from mvt.plugin import MVTModule
+
+
+class DependentCustomModule(MVTModule):
+    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"),)
+    dependencies = (Manifest,)
+
+    def run(self):
+        manifest_results = self.get_dependency_results(Manifest)
+        self.results = [{"manifest_entries": len(manifest_results)}]
+```
+
+Dependencies are ordered as for the built-in modules, with custom modules
+appended after the built-ins, see [Module dependencies](#module-dependencies).
+A dependency has to run in every command the module supports. Where it does
+not, MVT skips the module with a warning.
+
+`get_dependency_results()` returns the plain dictionaries the module produced.
+They are the same records it writes to `<slug>.json`. Typed results per module
+are planned.
+
+### Replacing a built-in module
+
+A custom module which extends a built-in one runs alongside it, and when the
+two share a slug they write to the same results file. MVT warns about that
+collision, naming both modules, where each came from and the file the later one
+overwrites, but it runs them both. Set `replaces` to the class the module
+supersedes to take that module's place instead: when both are available to a
+command, the named module is dropped from the run.
+
+```python
+from mvt.ios.modules.backup import Manifest as BuiltinManifest
+
+
+class Manifest(BuiltinManifest):
+    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"),)
+    replaces = BuiltinManifest
+```
+
+Keeping the class name of the replaced module, as above, keeps the name
+`--module` selects the module by and the slug its results file is named after.
+A replacement with a different class name writes to a file named after its own
+slug, unless it sets `slug` to the slug of the module it replaces, and
+`--module` still selects it by the name of the replaced module, which MVT logs.
+Taking over the slug of a replaced module is not a collision and is not warned
+about, because that module is no longer part of the run.
+
+Modules which depend on the replaced module receive the replacement instead, so
+`get_dependency_results(BuiltinManifest)` returns the replacement's results. A
+module must not depend on the module it replaces: that module does not run, so
+the replacement has to produce the data itself, and MVT logs a warning when a
+module declares both.
+
+A replacement takes on the obligations of the module it replaces. If it
+declares a dependency the command does not provide, it is skipped like any
+other module with an unavailable dependency, and the module it replaced stays
+out of the run: neither of them produces results, and the modules depending on
+the replaced module are skipped as well.
+
+Subclassing the replaced module is not required, but a replacement which is not
+a subclass is logged with a warning, because its results may not be what the
+modules depending on the replaced module expect. Naming a module the command
+does not run has no effect, and modules which replace each other in a cycle all
+keep running and replace nothing. Every applied substitution is logged, so it
+is recorded in `command.log` when the command runs with an `--output` folder.
+
+Every command resolves replacements on its own. `check-iocs` matches stored
+results files against the slugs of the modules available for that command. A
+replacement which subclasses the module it replaces inherits its
+`check_indicators()`. It is then part of `check-iocs` for its platform and
+re-checks the results file named after its slug. A replacement with no
+`check_indicators()` is not part of `check-iocs`. The built-in module it
+replaced re-checks the file. `check-iocs` matches `--module` on the class name
+only. Pass a differently named replacement's own name there, not the name of
+the module it replaces.
+
+### Importing from MVT
+
+Import from `mvt.plugin` if it has what you need. The names it exports are
+kept working on a best-effort basis. A change to one of them is announced in
+the release notes. Anything else in `mvt` can be imported too, but may change
+between releases without notice. The plugin interface is best effort.
+
+`mvt.plugin` exports the base classes above and `Command`, `Alert` and
+`AlertLevel`, the result types, `DatabaseNotFoundError` and
+`DatabaseCorruptedError`, the timestamp converters, the settings API of
+[Plugin Configuration](plugin_configuration.md), MVT's own `settings`,
+`get_plugin_logger()` and `MVT_VERSION`. `src/mvt/plugin.py` holds the list.
+Read MVT's `settings` for values such as `NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED` and
+`NETWORK_TIMEOUT`. Plugin values go in the plugin's own settings file.
+
+## Installed module packages
+
+Python packages can register modules so they load automatically in every
+module-running `check-*` command, without `--load-module` or
+`MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES`. Register an entry point in the `mvt.modules` group in
+the package's `pyproject.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[project.entry-points."mvt.modules"]
+mvt-plugin-example-org = "mvt_plugin_example_org:get_modules"
+```
+
+The entry point must resolve to an iterable of `MVTModule` subclasses, or to
+a callable returning one:
+
+```python
+from mvt.plugin import MVTModule
+
+
+class PackagedModule(MVTModule):
+    supported_commands = (("ios", "check-backup"),)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.results = [{"message": "packaged module ran"}]
+
+
+def get_modules() -> list[type[MVTModule]]:
+    return [PackagedModule]
+```
+
+`get_modules()` is the package's module list, written by hand. A package which
+keeps its modules in separate files imports each class there and lists it. A
+module missing from the list does not load.
+
+Installed modules follow the same rules as other custom modules: each module
+must declare `supported_commands`, and dependencies are resolved with the
+standard ordering logic. A broken entry point is skipped with a warning and
+does not prevent MVT from running. As with custom commands, installed module
+packages run as trusted code inside the MVT process, so install only packages
+from sources you trust.
+
+For a `pipx` installation of MVT, inject the package into MVT's environment:
+
+```bash
+pipx inject mvt mvt-plugin-example-org
+```
+
+Module packages that need their own settings, such as an API key, should store
+them in a namespaced [plugin configuration file](plugin_configuration.md)
+rather than in MVT's own `config.yaml`.
+
+### Naming module packages
+
+Name module packages `mvt-plugin-<name>` (import package `mvt_plugin_<name>`),
+and include the name of the publishing organization or author so packages from
+different groups do not collide: for example, an organisation's custom modules
+would be distributed as `mvt-plugin-example-org` with the import package
+`mvt_plugin_example_org`.
+
+The prefix makes module packages easy to find on PyPI and keeps their import
+names from clashing with unrelated Python packages. It is a convention, not a
+technical requirement: modules load through the `mvt.modules` entry point
+regardless of what the package is called, and existing packages with other
+names keep working. Note that the prefix is also not a mark of authenticity —
+anyone can publish a package with any available name, so vet a module package
+and its publisher before installing it, whatever it is called.
+
+### Module logging
+
+Modules log through `self.log`, and MVT names the logger for where the module
+came from. MVT's own modules log under their dotted path (for example
+`mvt.ios.modules.mixed.whatsapp`). Everything external is namespaced under
+`mvt.ext` to keep it visually distinct from built-in modules and isolated from
+MVT's internal logger tree:
+
+- Installed packages log under `mvt.ext.<package>`, with the `mvt_plugin_`
+  prefix stripped: modules in `mvt_plugin_example_org` log as
+  `mvt.ext.example_org.*`.
+- Files loaded with `--load-module` or `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` log as
+  `mvt.ext.<file name>`.
+
+Outside a module class, for example in a custom command line handler, log
+through `get_plugin_logger(__name__)`. It returns a logger in the same
+namespace.
+
+## Developing modules locally
+
+While a module is being written, load it from its file. `--load-module` takes a
+Python file, or a folder of them, on every module-running command, and can be
+repeated:
+
+```bash
+mvt-ios check-backup --load-module ./example_module.py --output ./out ./backup
+```
+
+For a folder, MVT loads its non-hidden top-level `*.py` files in sorted order
+and skips `__init__.py`. `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` names a folder to load on every
+module-running command, before any `--load-module` path:
+
+```bash
+MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES=./custom_modules mvt-android check-bugreport ./bugreport.zip
+```
+
+Files loaded this way follow the same rules as packaged modules.
+`--list-modules` reports them with the SHA-256 hash of the file in place of a
+version. An editable install of the package (`pip install -e .`) also works:
+the modules load through the entry point, and `mvt plugins list` shows the
+package with the `local` origin.
+
+Loading by path is for development. Move a module into a package once it
+works.
+
+## Auditing loaded modules
+
+Because installed module packages load automatically, MVT records where every
+module came from:
+
+- `--list-modules` groups the available modules by source: MVT itself
+  (with its version), each installed package (with its version and, when
+  installed directly from a repository, the commit), and each file loaded
+  with `--load-module` or `MVT_CUSTOM_MODULES` (with the SHA-256 hash of the
+  file).
+- When a command runs with an `--output` folder, the `command.log` file
+  records one line per module source with the source's version or hash and
+  the list of modules loaded from it.
+- `mvt plugins list` lists the installed packages, where each of them
+  was installed from and how many modules it contributes, see
+  [Managing Plugins](plugins.md).
+
+## Profiling
+
+Some MVT modules extract and process significant amounts of data during the analysis process or while checking results against known indicators. Care must be
+take to avoid inefficient code paths as we add new modules.
+
+MVT modules can be profiled with Python built-in `cProfile` by setting the `MVT_PROFILE` environment variable.
+
+```bash
+MVT_PROFILE=1 dev/mvt-ios check-backup test_backup
+```
+
+Open an issue or PR if you are encountering significant performance issues when analyzing a device with MVT.

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+# Plugin Configuration
+
+Plugin packages that add [custom CLI commands](custom_commands.md) or
+[modules](index.md#installed-module-packages) often need to store their
+own settings, such as an API key, a server URL or the timestamp of the last
+synchronization. MVT provides a namespaced settings base class so each plugin
+keeps its configuration in its own file, and a data folder for anything else a
+plugin needs to keep on disk.
+
+!!! warning
+
+    Do not write plugin settings to MVT's own `config.yaml`. MVT rewrites that
+    file with the settings it knows about every time it starts, so any other
+    section is deleted.
+
+## Where Settings Are Stored
+
+Each plugin gets one YAML file in a `plugins` folder next to MVT's own
+configuration:
+
+```
+~/.config/mvt/plugins/<plugin name>.yaml
+```
+
+The exact parent folder follows the platform convention used for MVT's
+`config.yaml` (for example `~/Library/Application Support/mvt` on macOS). Use
+`plugin_config_path()` from `mvt.plugin` instead of building the path by hand.
+
+Plugin names must be lowercase and may only contain letters, digits and dashes,
+matching the `mvt-plugin-<name>` package naming convention. MVT creates the
+`plugins` folder with `0700` permissions and writes the settings files with
+`0600` permissions, because they commonly hold credentials. Files are written
+through a temporary file and moved into place, so an interrupted save never
+leaves a partially written settings file behind.
+
+## Plugin Data Folder
+
+Everything else a plugin keeps on disk, such as a cache, a downloaded artifact
+or synchronization state, belongs in the folder returned by the `data_folder()`
+class method of the plugin's settings class, or by `plugin_data_folder()` from
+`mvt.plugin`, called with the plugin name if the plugin has no settings class:
+
+```
+~/.local/share/mvt/plugin-data/<plugin name>/                # Linux
+~/Library/Application Support/mvt/plugin-data/<plugin name>/ # macOS
+```
+
+The folder sits beside MVT's own data, such as the downloaded indicators. It is
+created if it is missing, with `0700` permissions. Asking for it again returns
+the same path and leaves the contents alone, so a plugin can ask for it every
+time it needs the folder. `ExamplePluginSettings` below is the settings class
+defined in the next section:
+
+```python
+import os
+
+
+def cache_path() -> str:
+    folder = ExamplePluginSettings.data_folder()
+    return os.path.join(folder, "virustotal_lookups_cache.json")
+```
+
+A plugin which has no settings class calls
+`plugin_data_folder("example-plugin")` instead.
+
+Do not fall back on a path of your own such as `~/.cache/example-plugin`: it
+is a Linux-only convention, and MVT will not create it for you.
+
+## Defining Plugin Settings
+
+Subclass `MVTPluginSettings`, set `plugin_name` and declare typed fields with
+defaults:
+
+```python
+from typing import Optional
+
+from mvt.plugin import MVTPluginSettings
+
+
+class ExamplePluginSettings(MVTPluginSettings):
+    plugin_name = "example-plugin"
+
+    API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
+    MAX_RESULTS: int = 25
+    LAST_SYNC: Optional[str] = None
+```
+
+`load()` returns the current settings and `save()` writes them back:
+
+```python
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+import click
+
+from mvt.plugin import plugin_env_prefix
+
+
+def sync():
+    settings = ExamplePluginSettings.load()
+    if not settings.API_KEY:
+        prefix = plugin_env_prefix(settings.plugin_name)
+        raise click.ClickException(
+            f"No API key configured. Set {prefix}API_KEY or "
+            "run 'example-plugin configure'."
+        )
+
+    settings.LAST_SYNC = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+    settings.save()
+```
+
+The message builds the variable name with `plugin_env_prefix()`, see
+[Environment Variables](#environment-variables).
+
+A missing settings file is not an error: the plugin then runs on the field
+defaults and on whatever the environment provides. `save()` only persists the
+values that differ from the defaults, and it never touches MVT's `config.yaml`.
+A settings file that cannot be parsed, or that does not hold a mapping of
+setting names to values, raises a `PluginConfigLoadError` naming the file.
+
+Every subclass that sets its own `plugin_name` gets its own file and its own
+environment namespace. A subclass that does not redefine `plugin_name` inherits
+it, and therefore shares the file and the environment variables of its parent
+class.
+
+## Environment Variables
+
+Every field can also be set with an environment variable. The prefix is
+`MVT_PLUGIN_`, followed by the plugin name upper-cased with dashes replaced by
+underscores, followed by the field name. For the example above:
+
+```bash
+export MVT_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE_PLUGIN_API_KEY=...
+export MVT_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE_PLUGIN_MAX_RESULTS=50
+```
+
+Do not repeat the plugin name in a field name: a plugin named `example-scanner`
+with a `SCANNER_API_KEY` field asks the user for
+`MVT_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE_SCANNER_SCANNER_API_KEY`. Name the field `API_KEY`.
+
+Settings resolve in this order, from highest to lowest priority:
+
+1. Arguments passed to the settings class directly, such as
+   `ExamplePluginSettings(API_KEY="...")`
+2. Environment variables
+3. The plugin's YAML file
+4. The field defaults declared on the settings class
+
+!!! tip
+
+    On shared or multi-user machines, prefer passing API keys through
+    environment variables rather than saving them to the plugin file. `save()`
+    skips every value that the environment currently supplies, so a credential
+    provided that way is not copied into the settings file when a plugin saves
+    an unrelated setting.
+
+Unknown keys in a plugin's YAML file are ignored, so a settings file written by
+a newer version of a plugin does not break an older one.

docs/development/plugins.md

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Managing Plugins
+
+Plugin packages extend MVT with additional
+[forensic modules](index.md#custom-modules) and
+[CLI commands](custom_commands.md). Because installed packages load
+automatically, `mvt plugins` audits what is installed and checks whether
+updates are available. The command lives on `mvt` only, although the packages
+it lists extend `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` too.
+
+## List Installed Plugins
+
+```bash
+mvt plugins list
+```
+
+```
+                        Installed MVT plugins
+┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━┳━━━━━━━━━━━┓
+┃ Name                ┃ Version ┃ Origin       ┃ Modules ┃ Commands  ┃
+┡━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━━━┩
+│ mvt-plugin-example  │ 1.2.0   │ pypi         │       4 │ summarize │
+│ mvt-plugin-research │ 0.1.0   │ git+3f9a1c7d │       2 │ -         │
+│ mvt-plugin-local    │ 0.0.1   │ local        │       1 │ triage    │
+└─────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────┴─────────┴───────────┘
+```
+
+The origin records where each package was installed from: `pypi` for a package
+installed from a package index, `git+<commit>` for a package installed directly
+from a repository, and `local` for a package installed from a local folder or
+archive rather than from an index, including an editable development install.
+The last two columns show how many forensic modules the package contributes and
+which CLI commands it adds.
+
+A plugin whose modules cannot be imported is listed with `error` in the
+`Modules` column rather than breaking the listing.
+
+## Check for Updates
+
+```bash
+mvt plugins check-updates
+```
+
+```
+Plugin updates available:
+  mvt-plugin-example  1.2.0 → 1.3.0
+    Upgrade with: pip install -U mvt-plugin-example
+
+MVT does not install plugin updates. Run the command above when you decide to
+upgrade.
+```
+
+Packages installed from a package index are compared against the latest release
+published for them. A package which was never published, for example a plugin
+distributed only within an organization, is skipped silently.
+
+!!! note
+
+    Packages shown with the `pypi` origin are compared against
+    [PyPI](https://pypi.org), whichever index they were installed from. A
+    plugin installed from a private index under a name which also exists on
+    PyPI is therefore compared against the unrelated public package of that
+    name. Give plugins published to a private index a name which is not taken
+    on PyPI, and treat an unexpected update suggestion as a reason to check
+    where the package would come from.
+
+!!! warning
+
+    MVT never installs or upgrades a plugin itself, it only prints the command
+    which does. Upgrading a plugin in the middle of an investigation changes
+    the modules producing the results, and a plugin runs as trusted code inside
+    the MVT process, so pulling in a new version is a decision for the analyst
+    to make deliberately and not a side effect of running a check.
+
+## Automatic Update Checks
+
+MVT also reports available plugin updates in the banner printed when a command
+starts:
+
+```
+        MVT - Mobile Verification Toolkit
+
+        https://mvt.re
+        Version: 2026.7.29
+
+        Plugin updates available:
+          mvt-plugin-example  1.2.0 → 1.3.0   (pip install -U mvt-plugin-example)
+```
+
+This check runs at most once every 12 hours. In between checks MVT prints the
+findings of the latest check without contacting anything, so a plugin update
+stays visible without a lookup on every command. The
+`mvt plugins check-updates` command checks immediately, regardless of when the
+last check happened.
+
+The automatic check is skipped when the `--disable-update-check` option is
+used, when `NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED` is disabled in the MVT configuration, and
+when no plugins are installed.
+
+## Plugins Installed From a Repository
+
+A plugin installed with `pip install "mvt-plugin-example @ git+<url>"` is
+checked by asking the remote repository which commit the installed revision
+points at now. MVT runs git and ssh in batch mode, so a repository which needs
+credentials MVT does not already have fails the check instead of prompting for
+them. The check is skipped silently when git is not available, when the
+repository cannot be reached, and when access to it is denied.
+
+How the plugin was installed decides what an update means:
+
+- A plugin installed from a branch is reported as outdated when the branch has
+  moved past the installed commit.
+- A plugin installed from a specific commit or a tag is pinned. It is never
+  reported as outdated, however far the branch it came from moves on.
+
+Pinning a plugin to a commit or a tag is therefore the way to keep the modules
+used across an investigation stable.

docs/index.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) is a tool to facilitate the [consensual forens
 It has been developed and released by the [Amnesty International Security Lab](https://securitylab.amnesty.org) in July 2021 in the context of the [Pegasus Project](https://forbiddenstories.org/about-the-pegasus-project/) along with [a technical forensic methodology](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/). It continues to be maintained by Amnesty International and other contributors.
 
 
-In this documentation you will find instructions on how to install and run the `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` commands, and guidance on how to interpret the extracted results.
+In this documentation you will find instructions on how to install and run the `mvt-ios`, `mvt-android` and `mvt` commands, and guidance on how to interpret the extracted results.
 
 ## Resources
 

docs/install.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ It is recommended to try installing and running MVT from [Windows Subsystem Linu
    pipx install mvt
    ```
 
-You now should have the `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities installed. If you run into problems with these commands not being found, ensure you have run `pipx ensurepath` and opened a new terminal window.
+You now should have the `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities installed. If you run into problems with these commands not being found, ensure you have run `pipx ensurepath` and opened a new terminal window.
 
 ### Installing from PyPI directly into a virtual environment
 You can use `pipenv`, `poetry` etc. for your virtual environment, but the provided example is with the built-in `venv` tool:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ source env/bin/activate
 pip install mvt
 ```
 
-The `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities should now be available as commands whenever the virtual environment is active.
+The `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities should now be available as commands whenever the virtual environment is active.
 
 ### Installing from git source with pipx
 If you want to have the latest features in development, you can install MVT directly from the source code in git.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ If you want to have the latest features in development, you can install MVT dire
 pipx install --force git+https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt.git
 ```
 
-You now should have the `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities installed.
+You now should have the `mvt`, `mvt-ios` and `mvt-android` utilities installed.
 
 **Notes:**
 1. The `--force` flag is necessary to force the reinstallation of the package.

docs/iocs.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ So far MVT implements only a subset of [STIX2 specifications](https://docs.oasis
 - [This repository](https://github.com/Te-k/stalkerware-indicators) contains IOCs for Android stalkerware including [a STIX MVT-compatible file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Te-k/stalkerware-indicators/master/generated/stalkerware.stix2).
 - We are also maintaining [a list of IOCs](https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt-indicators) in STIX format from public spyware campaigns.
 
-You can automaticallly download the latest public indicator files with the command `mvt-ios download-iocs` or `mvt-android download-iocs`. These commands download the list of indicators from the [mvt-indicators](https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt-indicators/blob/main/indicators.yaml) repository and store them in the [appdir](https://pypi.org/project/appdirs/) folder. They are then loaded automatically by MVT.
+You can automatically download the latest public indicator files with the command `mvt download-iocs`. The per-platform forms `mvt-ios download-iocs` and `mvt-android download-iocs` do the same thing. These commands download the list of indicators from the [mvt-indicators](https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt-indicators/blob/main/indicators.yaml) repository and store them in the [appdir](https://pypi.org/project/appdirs/) folder. They are then loaded automatically by MVT.
 
 Please [open an issue](https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt/issues/) to suggest new sources of STIX-formatted IOCs.
 

docs/ios/records.md

@@ -435,3 +435,11 @@ This JSON file is created by mvt-ios' `WhatsappContacts` module. The module extr
 
 This database is often missing from incremental backups. When it cannot be found, the module logs a warning and produces no results, in which case the disappearing messages state of chats cannot be determined from the backup.
 
+
+---
+
+## Records extracted by `check-sysdiagnose`
+
+### `sysdiagnose_info.json`
+
+This JSON file is created by mvt-ios' `SysdiagnoseInfo` module. The module extracts details about the device and the sysdiagnose itself: the product type and model, iOS version and build, serial number, IMEI, MEID and UDID from the remotectl dump state and the mobile activation request, the Apple account name and email from the App Store daemon database (no longer part of a sysdiagnose on newer iOS versions, still read from older archives), and the original file name and creation time of the archive from *sysdiagnose.log*.

docs/ios/sysdiagnose.md

@@ -1,30 +1,35 @@
 # Check an iOS Sysdiagnose
 
-`mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose` prepares an iOS sysdiagnose archive for analysis by
-custom MVT modules. MVT does not include built-in sysdiagnose modules. You must
-load at least one custom module that explicitly supports this command.
+`mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose` analyzes an iOS sysdiagnose archive. MVT's own
+`SysdiagnoseInfo` module extracts details about the device and the archive
+(see [`sysdiagnose_info.json`](records.md#sysdiagnose_infojson)); the checks
+come from the modules of the installed
+[plugin packages](../development/index.md#installed-module-packages) which
+declare support for the command. Without any such module the command still
+records the device details, and warns that no forensic sysdiagnose modules
+have been loaded so that the run cannot pass for a clean analysis.
 
 The command accepts either an extracted sysdiagnose directory or the original
 gzip-compressed tar archive.
 
 ```bash
-mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose \
-    --load-module ./sysdiagnose_modules.py \
-    --output ./results \
+mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose --output ./results \
     ./sysdiagnose_2024.01.02_03-04-05+0200.tar.gz
 ```
 
 Use `--hashes` to include hashes for analyzed files in `info.json`, and
-`--list-modules` to display the eligible custom modules without running them.
+`--list-modules` to display the eligible modules without running them.
 
 ## Writing a custom module
 
-Extend `SysdiagnoseExtraction` to access the archive contents consistently for
-both directory and tar inputs. Each module must declare the command explicitly
-in `supported_commands`.
+Extend `SysdiagnoseExtraction` from `mvt.plugin`, see
+[Writing a module](../development/index.md#writing-a-module). The module reads
+the archive the same way whether MVT was given a folder or a tar archive. It
+declares the command in `supported_commands`. While writing one,
+[load it from its file](../development/index.md#developing-modules-locally).
 
 ```python
-from mvt.ios.modules.sysdiagnose import SysdiagnoseExtraction
+from mvt.plugin import SysdiagnoseExtraction
 
 
 class ExampleSysdiagnoseModule(SysdiagnoseExtraction):
@@ -44,7 +49,9 @@ class ExampleSysdiagnoseModule(SysdiagnoseExtraction):
         return None
 ```
 
-The base class provides `from_sysdiagnose_folder()` and
-`from_sysdiagnose_tar()` setup hooks, as well as protected file lookup, file
-reading, and timezone extraction helpers. IPS crash-report metadata is exposed
-on `ips_files`.
+MVT extracts a tar archive first. It calls `from_sysdiagnose_folder()` on each
+module before `run()`. `ips_files` lists the IPS crash reports.
+
+`_get_files_by_pattern()` and `_get_file_content()` are internal helpers of the
+base class. Use them to read the archive. Their names and signatures can change
+between releases. See `src/mvt/ios/modules/sysdiagnose/base.py`.

mkdocs.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ nav:
         - Check Android Intrusion Logs: "android/intrusion_logs.md"
     - Indicators of Compromise: "iocs.md"
     - Development:
-        - Development Instructions: "development.md"
-        - Custom CLI Commands: "custom_commands.md"
+        - Development Instructions: "development/index.md"
+        - Custom CLI Commands: "development/custom_commands.md"
+        - Plugin Configuration: "development/plugin_configuration.md"
+        - Managing Plugins: "development/plugins.md"
     - License: "license.md"

pyproject.toml

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "simplejson==4.1.1",
     "packaging==26.3",
     "appdirs==1.4.4",
-    "iOSbackup==0.9.925",
+    "iphone_backup_decrypt==0.9.0",
+    "pycryptodome>=3.20.0",
     "adb-shell[usb]==0.4.4",
     "libusb1==3.4.0",
     "cryptography==50.0.0",
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@ homepage = "https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/"
 repository = "https://github.com/mvt-project/mvt"
 
 [project.scripts]
-mvt-ios = "mvt.ios:cli"
-mvt-android = "mvt.android:cli"
+mvt = "mvt.cli:main"
+mvt-ios = "mvt.ios:main"
+mvt-android = "mvt.android:main"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
@@ -120,5 +122,6 @@ where = ["src"]
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 mvt = ["ios/data/*.json"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "mvt.common.version.MVT_VERSION" }
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+# The version is the latest v* tag; ignore the archive/* tags.
+git_describe_command = "git describe --dirty --tags --long --match 'v*'"

src/mvt/android/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-from .cli import cli
+from .cli import cli, main

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_accessibility.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 import re
+from typing import Any
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@ class DumpsysAccessibilityArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                     continue
 
             self.alertstore.medium(
-                f'Found accessibility service: "{result["service"]}"',
+                f'Found accessibility service: "{result["component"]}"',
                 "",
                 result,
-                )
+            )
 
     def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
         """
@@ -33,41 +34,69 @@ class DumpsysAccessibilityArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         :param content: content of the accessibility section (string)
         """
 
-        # "Old" syntax
-        in_services = False
+        self.results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        services: dict[tuple[int | None, str], dict] = {}
+        user_id: int | None = None
+        state: str | None = None
+
         for line in content.splitlines():
-            if line.strip().startswith("installed services:"):
-                in_services = True
-                continue
+            user_match = re.search(r"attributes:\{id=(\d+)", line)
+            if user_match:
+                user_id = int(user_match.group(1))
 
-            if not in_services:
-                continue
-
-            if line.strip() == "}":
-                # At end of installed services
-                break
-
-            service = line.split(":")[1].strip()
-
-            self.results.append(
-                {
-                    "package_name": service.split("/")[0],
-                    "service": service,
-                }
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            state_match = re.match(
+                r"(?i)(installed|enabled|binding|bound|crashed) services\s*:\s*\{(.*)",
+                stripped,
             )
-
-        # "New" syntax - AOSP >= 14 (?)
-        # Looks like:
-        # Enabled services:{{com.azure.authenticator/com.microsoft.brooklyn.module.accessibility.BrooklynAccessibilityService}, {com.agilebits.onepassword/com.agilebits.onepassword.filling.accessibility.FillingAccessibilityService}}
-
-        for line in content.splitlines():
-            if line.strip().startswith("Enabled services:"):
-                matches = re.finditer(r"{([^{]+?)}", line)
-
-                for match in matches:
-                    # Each match is in format: <package_name>/<service>
-                    package_name, _, service = match.group(1).partition("/")
-
-                    self.results.append(
-                        {"package_name": package_name, "service": service}
+            if state_match:
+                state = state_match.group(1).lower()
+                inline = state_match.group(2)
+                for component in re.findall(
+                    r"\{?([\w.$-]+/[\w.$-]+)(?:\s+\(A11yTool\))?\}?", inline
+                ):
+                    service = services.setdefault(
+                        (user_id, component), self._new_service(component, user_id)
                     )
+                    service[self._state_field(state)] = True
+                    service["accessibility_tool"] = "(A11yTool)" in inline
+                continue
+
+            if not state:
+                continue
+            if stripped == "}" or stripped.startswith("AccessibilityInputFilter"):
+                state = None
+                continue
+            component_match = re.search(
+                r"(?:\d+\s*:\s*)?([\w.$-]+/[\w.$-]+)(?:\s+\(A11yTool\))?",
+                stripped,
+            )
+            if component_match:
+                component = component_match.group(1)
+                service = services.setdefault(
+                    (user_id, component), self._new_service(component, user_id)
+                )
+                service[self._state_field(state)] = True
+                service["accessibility_tool"] = "(A11yTool)" in stripped
+
+        self.results.extend(services.values())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _state_field(state: str) -> str:
+        return {"binding": "binding", "bound": "bound"}.get(state, state)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _new_service(component: str, user_id: int | None) -> dict:
+        package_name, service_name = component.split("/", 1)
+        return {
+            "user_id": user_id,
+            "component": component,
+            "package_name": package_name,
+            "service_name": service_name,
+            "installed": False,
+            "enabled": False,
+            "binding": False,
+            "bound": False,
+            "crashed": False,
+            "accessibility_tool": False,
+        }

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_adb.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import base64
 import binascii
 import hashlib
+import re
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
@@ -98,6 +99,34 @@ class DumpsysADBArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
         return keystore
 
+    def parse_binary_xml(self, data: bytes) -> list[dict]:
+        """Recover ADB key records from Android binary XML (ABX).
+
+        Some dumpstate implementations embed ABX in a text stream and replace
+        binary token bytes. The public key remains intact, while unavailable
+        numeric metadata is represented as ``None`` rather than corrupt text.
+        """
+        keystore = []
+        seen = set()
+        for match in re.finditer(
+            rb"(?<![A-Za-z0-9+/])([A-Za-z0-9+/]{300,}={0,2})"
+            rb"(?: ([A-Za-z0-9_.@-]+))?",
+            data,
+        ):
+            key = match.group(1)
+            try:
+                base64.b64decode(key, validate=True)
+            except (binascii.Error, ValueError):
+                continue
+            if key in seen:
+                continue
+            seen.add(key)
+            full_key = key + (b" " + match.group(2) if match.group(2) else b"")
+            key_info = self.calculate_key_info(full_key)
+            key_info["last_connected"] = None
+            keystore.append(key_info)
+        return keystore
+
     @staticmethod
     def calculate_key_info(user_key: bytes) -> dict:
         if b" " in user_key:
@@ -118,7 +147,7 @@ class DumpsysADBArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         return {
             "user": user.decode("utf-8"),
             "fingerprint": key_fingerprint_colon,
-            "key": key_base64,
+            "key": key_base64.decode("ascii", errors="replace"),
         }
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
@@ -175,12 +204,23 @@ class DumpsysADBArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         # Keystore is in XML format on some devices and we need to parse it
         if keystore_data and keystore_data.startswith(b"<?xml"):
             parsed["debugging_manager"]["keystore"] = self.parse_xml(keystore_data)
+        elif keystore_data and keystore_data.startswith(b"ABX\x00"):
+            parsed["debugging_manager"]["keystore"] = self.parse_binary_xml(
+                keystore_data
+            )
         else:
             # Keystore is not XML format
             parsed["debugging_manager"]["keystore"] = keystore_data
 
         parsed = parsed["debugging_manager"]
 
+        for key, value in list(parsed.items()):
+            if isinstance(value, bytes):
+                decoded = value.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+                parsed[key] = (
+                    decoded == "true" if decoded in ("true", "false") else decoded
+                )
+
         # Calculate key fingerprints for better readability
         key_info = []
         for user_key in parsed.get("user_keys", []):

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_appops.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 from datetime import datetime
+import re
 from typing import Any
 
 from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleAtomicResult, ModuleSerializedResult
@@ -27,14 +28,14 @@ class DumpsysAppopsArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 continue
 
             for entry in perm["entries"]:
-                if "timestamp" in entry:
+                if entry.get("timestamp"):
                     records.append(
                         {
                             "timestamp": entry["timestamp"],
                             "module": self.__class__.__name__,
-                            "event": entry["access"],
+                            "event": entry["event"],
                             "data": f"{result['package_name']} access to "
-                            f"{perm['name']}: {entry['access']}",
+                            f"{perm['name']}: {entry['event']}",
                         }
                     )
 
@@ -42,16 +43,30 @@ class DumpsysAppopsArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
         for result in self.results:
+            # A package IOC match is not tied to one AppOps entry. Use the latest
+            # recorded access or rejection to place the package-level alert in time.
+            event_time = max(
+                (
+                    entry["timestamp"]
+                    for permission in result["permissions"]
+                    for entry in permission.get("entries", [])
+                    if entry.get("timestamp")
+                ),
+                default="",
+            )
             if self.indicators:
                 ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(result.get("package_name"))
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        event_time,
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
             # We use a placeholder entry to create a basic alert even without permission entries.
-            placeholder_entry = {"access": "Unknown", "timestamp": ""}
+            placeholder_entry = {"event": "unknown", "timestamp": ""}
 
             for perm in result["permissions"]:
                 if (
@@ -60,12 +75,12 @@ class DumpsysAppopsArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 ):
                     for entry in sorted(
                         perm["entries"] or [placeholder_entry],
-                        key=lambda x: x["timestamp"],
+                        key=lambda x: x.get("timestamp") or "",
                     ):
                         cleaned_result = result.copy()
                         cleaned_result["permissions"] = [perm]
                         self.alertstore.medium(
-                            f"Package '{result['package_name']}' had risky permission '{perm['name']}' set to '{entry['access']}' at {entry['timestamp']}",
+                            f"Package '{result['package_name']}' had risky permission '{perm['name']}' set to '{entry['event']}' at {entry['timestamp']}",
                             entry["timestamp"],
                             cleaned_result,
                         )
@@ -73,111 +88,151 @@ class DumpsysAppopsArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 elif result["package_name"] in RISKY_PACKAGES:
                     for entry in sorted(
                         perm["entries"] or [placeholder_entry],
-                        key=lambda x: x["timestamp"],
+                        key=lambda x: x.get("timestamp") or "",
                     ):
                         cleaned_result = result.copy()
                         cleaned_result["permissions"] = [perm]
                         self.alertstore.medium(
-                            f"Risky package '{result['package_name']}' had '{perm['name']}' permission set to '{entry['access']}' at {entry['timestamp']}",
+                            f"Risky package '{result['package_name']}' had '{perm['name']}' permission set to '{entry['event']}' at {entry['timestamp']}",
                             entry["timestamp"],
                             cleaned_result,
                         )
 
     def parse(self, output: str) -> None:
-        # self.results: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-        perm: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        package: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        entry: dict[str, Any] = {}
-        uid = None
+        self.results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        permission: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        package: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        uid: str | None = None
+        uid_details: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        attribution: str | None = None
         in_packages = False
 
+        def finish_permission() -> None:
+            nonlocal permission
+            if package is not None and permission is not None:
+                package["permissions"].append(permission)
+            permission = None
+
+        def finish_package() -> None:
+            nonlocal package
+            finish_permission()
+            if package is not None:
+                self.results.append(package)
+            package = None
+
         for line in output.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("  Uid 0:"):
+            uid_match = re.match(r"^  Uid ([^:]+):$", line)
+            if uid_match:
                 in_packages = True
+                finish_package()
+                uid = uid_match.group(1)
+                uid_details = {
+                    "uid_state": None,
+                    "capability": None,
+                    "app_widget_visible": None,
+                    "default_modes": {},
+                }
+                continue
 
             if not in_packages:
                 continue
 
-            if line.startswith("  Uid "):
-                uid = line[6:-1]
-                if entry:
-                    perm["entries"].append(entry)
-                    entry = {}
-                if package:
-                    if perm:
-                        package["permissions"].append(perm)
+            uid_property = re.match(
+                r"^    (state|capability|appWidgetVisible)=(.*)$", line
+            )
+            if uid_property:
+                key = {
+                    "state": "uid_state",
+                    "appWidgetVisible": "app_widget_visible",
+                }.get(uid_property.group(1), uid_property.group(1))
+                value: Any = uid_property.group(2)
+                if value in ("true", "false"):
+                    value = value == "true"
+                uid_details[key] = value
+                continue
 
-                    perm = {}
-                    self.results.append(package)
-                package = {}
+            default_mode = re.match(r"^      ([A-Z0-9_]+): mode=([^\s]+)", line)
+            if default_mode and package is None:
+                uid_details["default_modes"][default_mode.group(1)] = (
+                    default_mode.group(2)
+                )
                 continue
 
             if line.startswith("    Package "):
-                if entry:
-                    perm["entries"].append(entry)
-                    entry = {}
-
-                if package:
-                    if perm:
-                        package["permissions"].append(perm)
-
-                    perm = {}
-                    self.results.append(package)
-
+                finish_package()
                 package = {
                     "package_name": line[12:-1],
                     "permissions": [],
                     "uid": uid,
+                    **uid_details,
                 }
                 continue
 
-            if package and line.startswith("      ") and line[6] != " ":
-                if entry:
-                    perm["entries"].append(entry)
-                    entry = {}
-                if perm:
-                    package["permissions"].append(perm)
-                    perm = {}
-
-                perm["name"] = line.split()[0]
-                perm["entries"] = []
-                if len(line.split()) > 1:
-                    perm["access"] = line.split()[1][1:-2]
-
+            operation_match = re.match(
+                r"^      ([A-Z0-9_]+)(?: \(([^)]+)\))?:\s*$", line
+            )
+            if package is not None and operation_match:
+                finish_permission()
+                permission = {
+                    "name": operation_match.group(1),
+                    "mode": operation_match.group(2),
+                    "entries": [],
+                }
+                attribution = None
                 continue
 
-            if line.startswith("          "):
-                # Permission entry like:
-                # Reject: [fg-s]2021-05-19 22:02:52.054 (-314d1h25m2s33ms)
-                access_type = line.split(":")[0].strip()
-                if access_type not in ["Access", "Reject"]:
-                    # Skipping invalid access type. Some entries are not in the format we expect
-                    continue
+            attribution_match = re.match(r"^\s{8,}([^=]+)=\[$", line)
+            if attribution_match:
+                attribution = attribution_match.group(1).strip()
+                continue
+            if line.strip() == "]":
+                attribution = None
+                continue
 
-                if entry:
-                    perm["entries"].append(entry)
-                    entry = {}
-
-                entry["access"] = access_type
-                entry["type"] = line[line.find("[") + 1 : line.find("]")]
-
-                try:
-                    entry["timestamp"] = convert_datetime_to_iso(
-                        datetime.strptime(
-                            line[line.find("]") + 1 : line.find("(")].strip(),
-                            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f",
-                        )
+            if permission is None:
+                continue
+            event_match = re.match(
+                r"^\s*(Access|Reject):\s*\[([^]]+)\]\s*"
+                r"(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+)\s*"
+                r"(\([^)]*\))?(?:\s+duration=([^\s]+))?",
+                line,
+            )
+            running_match = re.match(
+                r"^\s*Running start at:\s*(\S+(?: \S+)?)",
+                line,
+            )
+            if event_match:
+                entry = {
+                    "event": event_match.group(1).lower(),
+                    "access": event_match.group(1),
+                    "uid_state": event_match.group(2),
+                    "timestamp": convert_datetime_to_iso(
+                        datetime.strptime(event_match.group(3), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+                    ),
+                    "relative_time": event_match.group(4),
+                    "duration": event_match.group(5),
+                    "attribution": attribution,
+                }
+                permission["entries"].append(entry)
+            elif running_match:
+                raw_start = running_match.group(1)
+                timestamp = None
+                if re.fullmatch(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+", raw_start):
+                    timestamp = convert_datetime_to_iso(
+                        datetime.strptime(raw_start, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
                     )
-                except ValueError:
-                    # Invalid date format
-                    pass
+                permission["entries"].append(
+                    {
+                        "event": "running",
+                        "access": "Running",
+                        "uid_state": None,
+                        "timestamp": timestamp,
+                        "relative_time": raw_start
+                        if raw_start.startswith("+")
+                        else None,
+                        "duration": None,
+                        "attribution": attribution,
+                    }
+                )
 
-            if line.strip() == "":
-                break
-
-        if entry:
-            perm["entries"].append(entry)
-        if perm:
-            package["permissions"].append(perm)
-        if package:
-            self.results.append(package)
+        finish_package()

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_battery_daily.py

@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
     def serialize(self, record: ModuleAtomicResult) -> ModuleSerializedResult:
         action = record.get("action", "update")
         package_name = record["package_name"]
-        vers = record["vers"]
+        vers = record["version_code"]
 
-        if vers == "0":
+        if vers == 0:
             data = f"Recorded uninstall of package {package_name} (vers 0)"
         elif action == "downgrade":
-            prev_vers = record.get("previous_vers", "unknown")
+            prev_vers = record.get("previous_version_code", "unknown")
             data = f"Recorded downgrade of package {package_name} from vers {prev_vers} to vers {vers}"
         else:
             data = f"Recorded update of package {package_name} with vers {vers}"
 
         return {
-            "timestamp": record["from"],
+            "timestamp": record["period_start"],
             "module": self.__class__.__name__,
             "event": "battery_daily",
             "data": data,
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(result["package_name"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("period_start") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
     def parse(self, output: str) -> None:
+        self.results = []
         daily = None
         daily_updates: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
         records: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
@@ -59,7 +63,10 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
                 timeframe = line[13:].strip()
                 date_from, date_to = timeframe.strip(":").split(" to ", 1)
-                daily = {"from": date_from[0:10], "to": date_to[0:10]}
+                daily = {
+                    "period_start": self._format_daily_timestamp(date_from),
+                    "period_end": self._format_daily_timestamp(date_to),
+                }
                 continue
 
             if not daily:
@@ -70,21 +77,30 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
             line = line.strip().replace("Update ", "")
             package_name, vers = line.split(" ", 1)
-            vers_nr = vers.split("=", 1)[1]
+            vers_raw = vers.split("=", 1)[1]
+            try:
+                version_code: int | str = int(vers_raw)
+            except ValueError:
+                version_code = vers_raw
 
             already_seen = False
             for update in daily_updates:
-                if package_name == update["package_name"] and vers_nr == update["vers"]:
+                if (
+                    package_name == update["package_name"]
+                    and version_code == update["version_code"]
+                ):
+                    update["occurrences"] += 1
                     already_seen = True
                     break
 
             if not already_seen:
                 update_record: dict[str, Any] = {
                     "action": "update",
-                    "from": daily["from"],
-                    "to": daily["to"],
+                    "period_start": daily["period_start"],
+                    "period_end": daily["period_end"],
                     "package_name": package_name,
-                    "vers": vers_nr,
+                    "version_code": version_code,
+                    "occurrences": 1,
                 }
 
                 daily_updates.append(update_record)
@@ -95,26 +111,31 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         self._detect_uninstalls_and_downgrades(records)
         self.results.extend(records)
 
-    def _detect_uninstalls_and_downgrades(
-        self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]
-    ) -> None:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _format_daily_timestamp(value: str) -> str:
+        if len(value) >= 19 and value[10] == "-":
+            return f"{value[:10]} {value[11:].replace('-', ':')}"
+        return value
+
+    def _detect_uninstalls_and_downgrades(self, records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
         package_versions: dict[str, int] = {}
 
         for record in sorted(
             records,
             key=lambda record: (
-                record["from"],
-                record["to"],
+                record["period_start"],
+                record["period_end"],
                 record["package_name"],
             ),
         ):
             package_name = record["package_name"]
-            vers_nr = record["vers"]
+            vers_nr = record["version_code"]
 
-            if vers_nr == "0":
+            if vers_nr == 0:
+                record["action"] = "uninstall"
                 self.alertstore.medium(
                     f"Detected uninstall of package {package_name} (vers 0)",
-                    record["from"],
+                    record["period_start"],
                     record,
                 )
                 package_versions.pop(package_name, None)
@@ -128,11 +149,11 @@ class DumpsysBatteryDailyArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
             previous_vers = package_versions.get(package_name)
             if previous_vers is not None and current_vers < previous_vers:
                 record["action"] = "downgrade"
-                record["previous_vers"] = str(previous_vers)
+                record["previous_version_code"] = previous_vers
                 self.alertstore.medium(
                     f"Detected downgrade of package {package_name} "
                     f"from vers {previous_vers} to vers {current_vers}",
-                    record["from"],
+                    record["period_start"],
                     record,
                 )
 

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_battery_history.py

@@ -1,96 +1,180 @@
 # Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 The MVT Authors.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import datetime
+import re
+
+from mvt.common.utils import convert_datetime_to_iso
+
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
 
 class DumpsysBatteryHistoryArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
-    """
-    Parser for dumpsys dattery history events.
-    """
+    """Parser for package-related events in dumpsys batterystats history."""
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
         if not self.indicators:
             return
-
         for result in self.results:
-            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(result["package_name"])
+            package_name = result.get("package_name")
+            if not package_name:
+                continue
+            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(package_name)
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
-                continue
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_wall_time(value: str) -> datetime.datetime | None:
+        if re.fullmatch(r"\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+", value):
+            value = f"1900-{value}"
+        for date_format in (
+            "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-%f",
+            "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S",
+            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f",
+        ):
+            try:
+                return datetime.datetime.strptime(value, date_format)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _elapsed_seconds(value: str) -> float | None:
+        if not value.startswith("+"):
+            return None
+        units = {"d": 86400, "h": 3600, "m": 60, "s": 1, "ms": 0.001}
+        total = 0.0
+        for number, unit in re.findall(r"(\d+)(ms|d|h|m|s)", value):
+            total += int(number) * units[unit]
+        return total
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _package_from_name(name: str) -> str | None:
+        clean = name.removeprefix("*walarm*:").removeprefix("*alarm*:")
+        slash_parts = clean.split("/")
+        if len(slash_parts) > 1:
+            first = slash_parts[0].lstrip("@")
+            if first.startswith(("com.", "org.", "net.")):
+                return first
+            for part in reversed(slash_parts[1:]):
+                candidate = part.lstrip("@").split(":", 1)[0]
+                if candidate.startswith(("com.", "org.", "net.")):
+                    return candidate
+        parts = clean.split(".")
+        package_parts = []
+        for part in parts:
+            if part and part[0].islower():
+                package_parts.append(part)
+            else:
+                break
+        return ".".join(package_parts) if len(package_parts) >= 2 else None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_service(service: str) -> str:
+        # WorkManager decorates jobs with one or more scheduler prefixes.
+        if "@" in service:
+            candidates = [part for part in service.split("@") if "/" in part]
+            if candidates:
+                return candidates[-1]
+        return service
 
     def parse(self, data: str) -> None:
+        self.results: list[dict[str, str | None]] = []
+        anchor_time: datetime.datetime | None = None
+        anchor_elapsed = 0.0
+        has_history_heading = any(
+            line.startswith("Battery History") for line in data.splitlines()
+        )
+        in_history = not has_history_heading
+
         for line in data.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("Battery History "):
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if line.startswith("Battery History"):
+                if in_history:
+                    break
+                in_history = True
                 continue
-
-            if line.strip() == "":
+            if not in_history:
+                continue
+            if has_history_heading and not stripped:
                 break
-
-            time_parts = line.strip().split()
-            time_elapsed = time_parts[0]
-            if (
-                len(time_parts) > 1
-                and len(time_parts[0]) == 5
-                and time_parts[0][2] == "-"
-                and ":" in time_parts[1]
-            ):
-                time_elapsed = " ".join(time_parts[:2])
-
-            event = ""
-            if line.find("+job") > 0:
-                event = "start_job"
-                payload = line.split("+job=", 1)[1]
-                uid, separator, service = payload.partition(":")
-                if not separator:
-                    continue
-                service = service.strip().strip('"')
-                package_name = service.split("/")[0]
-            elif line.find("-job") > 0:
-                event = "end_job"
-                payload = line.split("-job=", 1)[1]
-                uid, separator, service = payload.partition(":")
-                if not separator:
-                    continue
-                service = service.strip().strip('"')
-                package_name = service.split("/")[0]
-            elif line.find("+running +wake_lock=") > 0:
-                payload = line.split("+running +wake_lock=", 1)[1]
-                uid, separator, _ = payload.partition(":")
-                if not separator:
-                    continue
-                event = "wake"
-                service = (
-                    line[line.find("*walarm*:") + 9 :].split(" ")[0].strip('"').strip()
-                )
-                if service == "" or "/" not in service:
-                    continue
-
-                package_name = service.split("/")[0]
-            elif (line.find("+top=") > 0) or (line.find("-top") > 0):
-                if line.find("+top=") > 0:
-                    event = "start_top"
-                    top_pos = line.find("+top=")
-                else:
-                    event = "end_top"
-                    top_pos = line.find("-top=")
-                colon_pos = top_pos + line[top_pos:].find(":")
-                uid = line[top_pos + 5 : colon_pos]
-                service = ""
-                package_name = line[colon_pos + 1 :].strip('"')
-            else:
+            reset_match = re.search(r"(?:RESET:)?TIME:\s*(\S+)", stripped)
+            if reset_match:
+                parsed_time = self._parse_wall_time(reset_match.group(1))
+                if parsed_time is not None:
+                    elapsed_token = stripped.split()[0]
+                    anchor_elapsed = self._elapsed_seconds(elapsed_token) or 0.0
+                    anchor_time = parsed_time
                 continue
 
-            self.results.append(
-                {
-                    "time_elapsed": time_elapsed,
-                    "event": event,
-                    "uid": uid,
-                    "package_name": package_name,
-                    "service": service,
-                }
-            )
+            fields = stripped.split()
+            if not fields:
+                continue
+            if len(fields) > 1 and re.fullmatch(r"\d{2}-\d{2}", fields[0]):
+                time_elapsed = " ".join(fields[:2])
+                line_time = self._parse_wall_time(time_elapsed)
+                elapsed = None
+            else:
+                time_elapsed = fields[0]
+                elapsed = self._elapsed_seconds(time_elapsed)
+                line_time = None
+
+            timestamp = line_time
+            if timestamp is None and anchor_time is not None and elapsed is not None:
+                timestamp = anchor_time + datetime.timedelta(
+                    seconds=elapsed - anchor_elapsed
+                )
+
+            def add(
+                event: str, uid: str, service: str, package_name: str | None
+            ) -> None:
+                self.results.append(
+                    {
+                        "time_elapsed": time_elapsed,
+                        "timestamp": convert_datetime_to_iso(timestamp)
+                        if timestamp
+                        else None,
+                        "event": event,
+                        "uid": uid,
+                        "package_name": package_name,
+                        "service": service,
+                    }
+                )
+
+            for sign, uid, raw_service in re.findall(
+                r"([+-])job=([^:\s]+):\"([^\"]+)\"", line
+            ):
+                service = self._normalize_service(raw_service)
+                add(
+                    "start_job" if sign == "+" else "end_job",
+                    uid,
+                    service,
+                    self._package_from_name(service) or service.split("/", 1)[0],
+                )
+
+            for sign, uid, package_name in re.findall(
+                r"([+-])top=([^:\s]+):\"([^\"]+)\"", line
+            ):
+                add(
+                    "start_top" if sign == "+" else "end_top",
+                    uid,
+                    "",
+                    package_name,
+                )
+
+            wake_match = re.search(r"\+wake_lock=([^:\s]+):\"([^\"]+)\"", line)
+            if wake_match:
+                wake_name = wake_match.group(2)
+                add(
+                    "wake",
+                    wake_match.group(1),
+                    wake_name,
+                    self._package_from_name(wake_name),
+                )

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_dbinfo.py

@@ -23,22 +23,36 @@ class DumpsysDBInfoArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(part)
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
     def parse(self, output: str) -> None:
         rxp = re.compile(
-            r".*\[((?:[0-9]{4}-)?[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2} "
-            r"[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{3})\]\s*"
-            r"(?:\[Pid:\((\d+)\)\])?([\w-]+).*?sql=\"(.+?)\""
-        )  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+            r"^\s*\d+:\s*\[((?:\d{4}-)?\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3})\]\s*"
+            r"(?:\[Pid:\((\d+)\)\])?\s*([\w-]+) took (\d+)ms - ([^,]+),"
+            r"\s*sql=\"(.*)\"(?:, path=(.*))?$"
+        )
 
-        pool = None
+        pool: str | None = None
+        connection_number: int | None = None
+        is_primary: bool | None = None
         in_operations = False
         for line in output.splitlines():
             if line.startswith("Connection pool for "):
                 pool = line.replace("Connection pool for ", "").rstrip(":")
+                in_operations = False
+
+            connection_match = re.match(r"\s+Connection #(\d+):", line)
+            if connection_match:
+                connection_number = int(connection_match.group(1))
+                is_primary = None
+
+            if line.strip().startswith("isPrimaryConnection:"):
+                is_primary = line.strip().split(":", 1)[1].strip() == "true"
 
             if not pool:
                 continue
@@ -52,7 +66,6 @@ class DumpsysDBInfoArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
             if not line.startswith("        "):
                 in_operations = False
-                pool = None
                 continue
 
             match = rxp.match(line)
@@ -60,11 +73,15 @@ class DumpsysDBInfoArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 continue
 
             result = {
-                "isodate": match.group(1),
+                "timestamp": match.group(1),
+                "pid": int(match.group(2)) if match.group(2) else None,
                 "action": match.group(3),
-                "sql": match.group(4),
-                "path": pool,
+                "duration_ms": int(match.group(4)),
+                "status": match.group(5),
+                "sql": match.group(6),
+                "path": match.group(7) or pool,
+                "pool_path": pool,
+                "connection_number": connection_number,
+                "is_primary": is_primary,
             }
-            if match.group(2):
-                result["pid"] = match.group(2)
             self.results.append(result)

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_package_activities.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
+from .package_resolvers import parse_resolver_table
 
 
 class DumpsysPackageActivitiesArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
@@ -19,67 +20,11 @@ class DumpsysPackageActivitiesArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 )
                 continue
 
-    def parse(self, content: str):
+    def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
         """
         Parse the Dumpsys Package section for activities
         Adds results to self.results
 
         :param content: content of the package section (string)
         """
-        self.results = []
-
-        in_activity_resolver_table = False
-        in_non_data_actions = False
-        intent = None
-        for line in content.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("Activity Resolver Table:"):
-                in_activity_resolver_table = True
-                continue
-
-            if not in_activity_resolver_table:
-                continue
-
-            if line.startswith("  Non-Data Actions:"):
-                in_non_data_actions = True
-                continue
-
-            if not in_non_data_actions:
-                continue
-
-            # If we hit an empty line, the Non-Data Actions section should be
-            # finished.
-            if line.strip() == "":
-                break
-
-            # We detect the action name.
-            if (
-                line.startswith(" " * 6)
-                and not line.startswith(" " * 8)
-                and ":" in line
-            ):
-                intent = line.strip().replace(":", "")
-                continue
-
-            # If we are not in an intent block yet, skip.
-            if not intent:
-                continue
-
-            # If we are in a block but the line does not start with 8 spaces
-            # it means the block ended a new one started, so we reset and
-            # continue.
-            if not line.startswith(" " * 8):
-                intent = None
-                continue
-
-            # If we got this far, we are processing receivers for the
-            # activities we are interested in.
-            activity = line.strip().split(" ")[1]
-            package_name = activity.split("/")[0]
-
-            self.results.append(
-                {
-                    "intent": intent,
-                    "package_name": package_name,
-                    "activity": activity,
-                }
-            )
+        self.results = parse_resolver_table(content, "Activity")

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_packages.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 The MVT Authors.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 import re
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any
 
 from mvt.android.utils import ROOT_PACKAGES
 from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleAtomicResult, ModuleSerializedResult
@@ -12,222 +12,247 @@ from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleAtomicResult, ModuleSerializedResult
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
 
+def _value(raw: str) -> Any:
+    if raw == "null":
+        return None
+    if raw in ("true", "false"):
+        return raw == "true"
+    try:
+        return int(raw)
+    except ValueError:
+        return raw
+
+
 class DumpsysPackagesArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
         alerted_root_packages = set()
         for result in self.results:
-            if result["package_name"] in ROOT_PACKAGES:
-                if result["package_name"] in alerted_root_packages:
-                    continue
-                alerted_root_packages.add(result["package_name"])
+            package_name = result["package_name"]
+            if (
+                package_name in ROOT_PACKAGES
+                and package_name not in alerted_root_packages
+            ):
+                alerted_root_packages.add(package_name)
                 self.alertstore.medium(
-                    f'Found an installed package related to rooting/jailbreaking: "{result["package_name"]}"',
-                    "",
+                    f'Found an installed package related to rooting/jailbreaking: "{package_name}"',
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
                     result,
                 )
-                continue
-
             if not self.indicators:
                 continue
-
-            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(result.get("package_name", ""))
+            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(package_name)
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
     def serialize(self, record: ModuleAtomicResult) -> ModuleSerializedResult:
-        records = []
         timestamps = [
-            {"event": "package_install", "timestamp": record["timestamp"]},
+            ("package_install", record.get("timestamp")),
+            ("package_last_update", record.get("last_update_time")),
+        ]
+        timestamps.extend(
+            ("package_first_install", user.get("first_install_time"))
+            for user in record.get("users", [])
+        )
+        return [
             {
-                "event": "package_first_install",
-                "timestamp": record["first_install_time"],
-            },
-            {"event": "package_last_update", "timestamp": record["last_update_time"]},
+                "timestamp": timestamp,
+                "module": self.__class__.__name__,
+                "event": event,
+                "data": f"Install or update of package {record['package_name']}",
+            }
+            for event, timestamp in timestamps
+            if timestamp
         ]
 
-        for timestamp in timestamps:
-            records.append(
-                {
-                    "timestamp": timestamp["timestamp"],
-                    "module": self.__class__.__name__,
-                    "event": timestamp["event"],
-                    "data": f"Install or update of package {record['package_name']}",
-                }
-            )
-
-        return records
-
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_dumpsys_package_for_details(output: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Parse one entry of a dumpsys package information
-        """
-        details: Dict[str, Any] = {
-            "uid": "",
-            "version_name": "",
-            "version_code": "",
-            "timestamp": "",
-            "first_install_time": "",
-            "last_update_time": "",
-            "installer": "",
-            "system": False,
-            "permissions": list(),
-            "requested_permissions": list(),
+    def _permission(line: str, permission_type: str) -> dict:
+        name, _, details = line.strip().partition(":")
+        granted_match = re.search(r"granted=(true|false)", details)
+        flags_match = re.search(r"flags=\[\s*([^]]*)\]", details)
+        return {
+            "name": name,
+            "type": permission_type,
+            "granted": granted_match.group(1) == "true" if granted_match else None,
+            "flags": [
+                flag.strip()
+                for flag in (flags_match.group(1).split("|") if flags_match else [])
+                if flag.strip()
+            ],
         }
-        in_install_permissions = False
-        in_runtime_permissions = False
-        in_declared_permissions = False
-        in_requested_permissions = True
-        current_user: Optional[int] = None
-        first_install_times: Dict[Optional[int], str] = {}
-        runtime_permissions: Dict[Optional[int], List[Dict[str, Any]]] = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_dumpsys_package_for_details(cls, output: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        details: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "app_id": None,
+            "version_name": None,
+            "version_code": None,
+            "min_sdk": None,
+            "target_sdk": None,
+            "timestamp": None,
+            "last_update_time": None,
+            "installer": None,
+            "system": False,
+            "permissions": [],
+            "requested_permissions": [],
+            "users": [],
+        }
+        permission_section: str | None = None
+        current_user: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        legacy_first_install: str | None = None
+
         for line in output.splitlines():
-            user_match = re.match(r"User (\d+):", line.strip())
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            user_match = re.match(r"User (\d+):\s*(.*)", stripped)
             if user_match:
-                current_user = int(user_match.group(1))
+                current_user = {"user_id": int(user_match.group(1)), "permissions": []}
+                for key, raw in re.findall(r"(\w+)=([^\s]+)", user_match.group(2)):
+                    clean_key = {
+                        "notLaunched": "not_launched",
+                        "installReason": "install_reason",
+                        "uninstallReason": "uninstall_reason",
+                        "dataDir": "data_dir",
+                    }.get(key, re.sub(r"(?<!^)(?=[A-Z])", "_", key).lower())
+                    current_user[clean_key] = _value(raw)
+                details["users"].append(current_user)
+                permission_section = None
+                continue
 
-            if in_install_permissions:
-                if line.startswith(" " * 4) and not line.startswith(" " * 6):
-                    in_install_permissions = False
-                else:
-                    lineinfo = line.strip().split(":")
-                    permission = lineinfo[0]
-                    granted = None
-                    if "granted=" in lineinfo[1]:
-                        granted = "granted=true" in lineinfo[1]
+            header = stripped.lower()
+            if header in {
+                "declared permissions:",
+                "install permissions:",
+                "requested permissions:",
+                "runtime permissions:",
+            }:
+                permission_section = header.split()[0]
+                continue
 
-                    details["permissions"].append(
-                        {"name": permission, "granted": granted, "type": "install"}
-                    )
-            if in_runtime_permissions:
-                if not line.startswith(" " * 8):
-                    in_runtime_permissions = False
-                else:
-                    lineinfo = line.strip().split(":")
-                    permission = lineinfo[0]
-                    granted = None
-                    if "granted=" in lineinfo[1]:
-                        granted = "granted=true" in lineinfo[1]
-
-                    runtime_permissions.setdefault(current_user, []).append(
-                        {"name": permission, "granted": granted, "type": "runtime"}
-                    )
-            if in_declared_permissions:
-                if not line.startswith(" " * 6):
-                    in_declared_permissions = False
-                else:
-                    permission = line.strip().split(":")[0]
-                    details["permissions"].append(
-                        {"name": permission, "type": "declared"}
-                    )
-            if in_requested_permissions:
-                if not line.startswith(" " * 6):
-                    in_requested_permissions = False
-                else:
-                    details["requested_permissions"].append(line.strip())
-            if line.strip().startswith("userId="):
-                details["uid"] = line.split("=")[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("versionName="):
-                details["version_name"] = line.split("=")[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("versionCode="):
-                details["version_code"] = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("timeStamp="):
-                details["timestamp"] = line.split("=")[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("installerPackageName="):
-                details["installer"] = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("pkgFlags="):
-                details["system"] = "SYSTEM" in line.split("=", 1)[1].split()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("firstInstallTime="):
-                first_install_times[current_user] = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip().startswith("lastUpdateTime="):
-                details["last_update_time"] = line.split("=")[1].strip()
-            elif line.strip() == "install permissions:":
-                in_install_permissions = True
-            elif line.strip() == "runtime permissions:":
-                in_runtime_permissions = True
-            elif line.strip() == "declared permissions:":
-                in_declared_permissions = True
-            elif line.strip() == "requested permissions:":
-                in_requested_permissions = True
-
-        if 0 in first_install_times:
-            details["first_install_time"] = first_install_times[0]
-        elif None in first_install_times:
-            details["first_install_time"] = first_install_times[None]
-        elif first_install_times:
-            details["first_install_time"] = next(iter(first_install_times.values()))
-
-        if 0 in runtime_permissions:
-            details["permissions"].extend(runtime_permissions[0])
-        elif None in runtime_permissions:
-            details["permissions"].extend(runtime_permissions[None])
-        elif runtime_permissions:
-            details["permissions"].extend(next(iter(runtime_permissions.values())))
-        return details
-
-    def parse_dumpsys_packages(self, output: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        """
-        Parse the dumpsys package service data
-        """
-        pkg_rxp = re.compile(r"  Package \[(.+?)\].*")
-
-        results = []
-        package_name = None
-        package = {}
-        lines: list[str] = []
-        for line in output.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("  Package ["):
-                if len(lines) > 0:
-                    details = self.parse_dumpsys_package_for_details("\n".join(lines))
-                    package.update(details)
-                    results.append(package)
-                    lines = []
-                    package = {}
-
-                matches = pkg_rxp.findall(line)
-                if not matches:
+            if current_user is not None:
+                user_property = re.match(
+                    r"(installReason|uninstallReason|dataDir|firstInstallTime)=(.*)",
+                    stripped,
+                )
+                if user_property:
+                    key = {
+                        "installReason": "install_reason",
+                        "uninstallReason": "uninstall_reason",
+                        "dataDir": "data_dir",
+                        "firstInstallTime": "first_install_time",
+                    }[user_property.group(1)]
+                    current_user[key] = _value(user_property.group(2))
                     continue
 
-                package_name = matches[0]
-                package["package_name"] = package_name
+            if permission_section == "requested" and line.startswith("      "):
+                details["requested_permissions"].append(stripped)
+                continue
+            if permission_section in ("declared", "install") and line.startswith(
+                "      "
+            ):
+                details["permissions"].append(
+                    cls._permission(stripped, permission_section)
+                )
+                continue
+            if (
+                permission_section == "runtime"
+                and line.startswith("        ")
+                and current_user is not None
+            ):
+                current_user["permissions"].append(cls._permission(stripped, "runtime"))
                 continue
 
-            if not package_name:
+            simple_match = re.match(
+                r"(appId|userId|versionName|timeStamp|lastUpdateTime|installerPackageName)=(.*)",
+                stripped,
+            )
+            if simple_match:
+                key = {
+                    "appId": "app_id",
+                    "userId": "app_id",
+                    "versionName": "version_name",
+                    "timeStamp": "timestamp",
+                    "lastUpdateTime": "last_update_time",
+                    "installerPackageName": "installer",
+                }[simple_match.group(1)]
+                raw_value = simple_match.group(2)
+                details[key] = (
+                    _value(raw_value)
+                    if key == "app_id" or raw_value == "null"
+                    else raw_value
+                )
                 continue
+            if stripped.startswith("pkgFlags="):
+                details["system"] = "SYSTEM" in stripped.split("=", 1)[1].split()
+                continue
+            version_match = re.match(
+                r"versionCode=([^\s]+)(?:\s+minSdk=([^\s]+))?(?:\s+targetSdk=([^\s]+))?",
+                stripped,
+            )
+            if version_match:
+                details["version_code"] = _value(version_match.group(1))
+                details["min_sdk"] = (
+                    _value(version_match.group(2)) if version_match.group(2) else None
+                )
+                details["target_sdk"] = (
+                    _value(version_match.group(3)) if version_match.group(3) else None
+                )
+            elif stripped.startswith("firstInstallTime="):
+                legacy_first_install = stripped.split("=", 1)[1]
 
-            lines.append(line)
+        if legacy_first_install:
+            user_zero = next(
+                (user for user in details["users"] if user["user_id"] == 0), None
+            )
+            if user_zero is None:
+                user_zero = {"user_id": 0, "permissions": []}
+                details["users"].append(user_zero)
+            user_zero.setdefault("first_install_time", legacy_first_install)
+        return details
 
-        if len(lines) > 0:
-            details = self.parse_dumpsys_package_for_details("\n".join(lines))
-            package.update(details)
-            results.append(package)
+    def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
+        self.results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        category: str | None = None
+        package: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        block: list[str] = []
 
-        return results
+        def finish() -> None:
+            nonlocal package, block
+            if package is not None:
+                package.update(self.parse_dumpsys_package_for_details("\n".join(block)))
+                self.results.append(package)
+            package = None
+            block = []
 
-    def parse(self, content: str):
-        """
-        Parse the Dumpsys Package section for activities
-        Adds results to self.results
-
-        :param content: content of the package section (string)
-        """
-        self.results = []
-        package = []
-
-        in_package_list = False
         for line in content.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("Packages:"):
-                in_package_list = True
+            if line == "Packages:":
+                finish()
+                category = "active"
                 continue
-
-            if not in_package_list:
+            if line == "Hidden system packages:":
+                finish()
+                category = "hidden_system"
                 continue
-
-            if line.strip() == "":
-                break
-
-            package.append(line)
-
-        self.results = self.parse_dumpsys_packages("\n".join(package))
+            package_match = re.match(r"^  Package \[([^]]+)\]", line)
+            if package_match and category:
+                finish()
+                package = {
+                    "package_name": package_match.group(1),
+                    "package_type": category,
+                }
+                continue
+            if (
+                category
+                and line
+                and not line.startswith(" ")
+                and not line.endswith(" overlay paths:")
+            ):
+                finish()
+                category = None
+                continue
+            if package is not None:
+                block.append(line)
+        finish()

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_platform_compat.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import re
+
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
 
@@ -25,19 +27,37 @@ class DumpsysPlatformCompatArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
     def parse(self, data: str) -> None:
         for line in data.splitlines():
-            if not line.startswith("ChangeId(168419799; name=DOWNSCALED;"):
+            match = re.match(r"ChangeId\((\d+);\s*(.*)\)$", line.strip())
+            if not match or "rawOverrides={" not in line:
                 continue
-
-            if line.strip() == "":
-                break
-
-            # Look for rawOverrides field
-            if "rawOverrides={" in line:
-                # Extract the content inside the braces for rawOverrides
-                overrides_field = line.split("rawOverrides={", 1)[1].split("};", 1)[0]
-
-                for entry in overrides_field.split(", "):
-                    # Extract app name
-                    uninstall_app = entry.split("=")[0].strip()
-
-                    self.results.append({"package_name": uninstall_app})
+            body = match.group(2)
+            name_match = re.search(r"(?:^|;\s*)name=([^;]+)", body)
+            state = (
+                "enabled"
+                if re.search(r"(?:^|;\s*)enabled(?:;|$)", body)
+                else "disabled"
+            )
+            overridable = bool(re.search(r"(?:^|;\s*)overridable(?:;|$)", body))
+            overrides_field = body.split("rawOverrides={", 1)[1].split("}", 1)[0]
+            for entry in overrides_field.split(","):
+                package_name, separator, raw_value = entry.strip().partition("=")
+                if not separator:
+                    continue
+                value: bool | int | str
+                if raw_value in ("true", "false"):
+                    value = raw_value == "true"
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        value = int(raw_value)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        value = raw_value
+                self.results.append(
+                    {
+                        "change_id": int(match.group(1)),
+                        "change_name": name_match.group(1) if name_match else None,
+                        "change_state": state,
+                        "overridable": overridable,
+                        "package_name": package_name,
+                        "override_value": value,
+                    }
+                )

src/mvt/android/artifacts/dumpsys_receivers.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
+from .package_resolvers import parse_resolver_table
 
 INTENT_NEW_OUTGOING_SMS = "android.provider.Telephony.NEW_OUTGOING_SMS"
 INTENT_SMS_RECEIVED = "android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED"
@@ -18,115 +19,45 @@ class DumpsysReceiversArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
     """
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
-        for intent, receivers in self.results.items():
-            for receiver in receivers:
-                if intent == INTENT_NEW_OUTGOING_SMS:
-                    self.log.info(
-                        'Found a receiver to intercept outgoing SMS messages: "%s"',
-                        receiver["receiver"],
-                    )
-                elif intent == INTENT_SMS_RECEIVED:
-                    self.log.info(
-                        'Found a receiver to intercept incoming SMS messages: "%s"',
-                        receiver["receiver"],
-                    )
-                elif intent == INTENT_DATA_SMS_RECEIVED:
-                    self.log.info(
-                        'Found a receiver to intercept incoming data SMS message: "%s"',
-                        receiver["receiver"],
-                    )
-                elif intent == INTENT_PHONE_STATE:
-                    self.log.info(
-                        "Found a receiver monitoring "
-                        'telephony state/incoming calls: "%s"',
-                        receiver["receiver"],
-                    )
-                elif intent == INTENT_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL:
-                    self.log.info(
-                        'Found a receiver monitoring outgoing calls: "%s"',
-                        receiver["receiver"],
-                    )
+        for receiver in self.results:
+            intent = receiver["key"]
+            if intent == INTENT_NEW_OUTGOING_SMS:
+                self.log.info(
+                    'Found a receiver to intercept outgoing SMS messages: "%s"',
+                    receiver["component"],
+                )
+            elif intent == INTENT_SMS_RECEIVED:
+                self.log.info(
+                    'Found a receiver to intercept incoming SMS messages: "%s"',
+                    receiver["component"],
+                )
+            elif intent == INTENT_DATA_SMS_RECEIVED:
+                self.log.info(
+                    'Found a receiver to intercept incoming data SMS message: "%s"',
+                    receiver["component"],
+                )
+            elif intent == INTENT_PHONE_STATE:
+                self.log.info(
+                    'Found a receiver monitoring telephony state/incoming calls: "%s"',
+                    receiver["component"],
+                )
+            elif intent == INTENT_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL:
+                self.log.info(
+                    'Found a receiver monitoring outgoing calls: "%s"',
+                    receiver["component"],
+                )
 
-                if not self.indicators:
-                    continue
+            if not self.indicators:
+                continue
 
-                ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(receiver["package_name"])
-                if ioc_match:
-                    self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message,
-                        "",
-                        {intent: receiver},
-                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
-                    )
-                    continue
+            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(receiver["package_name"])
+            if ioc_match:
+                self.alertstore.critical(
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    "",
+                    receiver,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
+                )
 
     def parse(self, output: str) -> None:
-        self.results: dict[str, list[dict[str, str]]] = {}
-
-        in_receiver_resolver_table = False
-        in_non_data_actions = False
-        intent = None
-        for line in output.splitlines():
-            if line.startswith("Receiver Resolver Table:"):
-                in_receiver_resolver_table = True
-                continue
-
-            if not in_receiver_resolver_table:
-                continue
-
-            if line.startswith("  Non-Data Actions:"):
-                in_non_data_actions = True
-                continue
-
-            if not in_non_data_actions:
-                continue
-
-            # If we hit an empty line, the Non-Data Actions section should be
-            # finished.
-            if line.strip() == "":
-                break
-
-            # We detect the action name.
-            if (
-                line.startswith(" " * 6)
-                and not line.startswith(" " * 8)
-                and ":" in line
-            ):
-                intent = line.strip().replace(":", "")
-                self.results[intent] = []
-                continue
-
-            parts = line.strip().split(" ")
-            if len(parts) < 2:
-                # A single-token line here is not a receiver. Real dumpstate
-                # output can print an action header mis-indented (observed with
-                # 15 leading spaces instead of 6), which used to raise
-                # IndexError and abort the whole module. Treat a trailing-colon
-                # token as the next action, skip anything else.
-                if parts[0].endswith(":"):
-                    intent = parts[0][:-1]
-                    self.results.setdefault(intent, [])
-                continue
-
-            # If we are not in an intent block yet, skip.
-            if not intent:
-                continue
-
-            # If we are in a block but the line does not start with 8 spaces
-            # it means the block ended a new one started, so we reset and
-            # continue.
-            if not line.startswith(" " * 8):
-                intent = None
-                continue
-
-            # If we got this far, we are processing receivers for the
-            # activities we are interested in.
-            receiver = parts[1]
-            package_name = receiver.split("/")[0]
-
-            self.results[intent].append(
-                {
-                    "package_name": package_name,
-                    "receiver": receiver,
-                }
-            )
+        self.results = parse_resolver_table(output, "Receiver")

src/mvt/android/artifacts/getprop.py

@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@ INTERESTING_PROPERTIES = [
 class GetProp(AndroidArtifact):
     def parse(self, entry: str) -> None:
         self.results: List[Dict[str, str]] = []
-        rxp = re.compile(r"\[(.+?)\]: \[(.+?)\]")
+        # A property value may span several lines: persist.sys.boot.reason.history
+        # prints one boot per line. Matching the whole section instead of line by
+        # line lets a value run to the first closing bracket that ends a line.
+        rxp = re.compile(
+            r"^[ \t]*\[([^]]+)\]: \[(.*?)\][ \t\r]*$",
+            re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
+        )
 
-        for line in entry.splitlines():
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line == "":
-                continue
-
-            matches = re.findall(rxp, line)
-            if not matches or len(matches[0]) != 2:
-                continue
-
-            prop_entry = {"name": matches[0][0], "value": matches[0][1]}
-            self.results.append(prop_entry)
+        for name, value in rxp.findall(entry):
+            self.results.append({"name": name, "value": value})
 
     def get_device_timezone(self) -> str | None:
         """

src/mvt/android/artifacts/mounts.py

@@ -117,6 +117,51 @@ class Mounts(AndroidArtifact):
                 # Skip lines that don't match expected format
                 continue
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_mountinfo(entry: str, process_id: int) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Parse Linux /proc/PID/mountinfo records."""
+        results = []
+        for line in entry.splitlines():
+            fields = line.split()
+            if "-" not in fields:
+                continue
+            separator = fields.index("-")
+            if separator < 6 or len(fields) < separator + 4:
+                continue
+            try:
+                mount_id = int(fields[0])
+                parent_id = int(fields[1])
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            mount_options = fields[5].split(",")
+            super_options = fields[separator + 3].split(",")
+            options = list(dict.fromkeys(mount_options + super_options))
+            mount_point = fields[4].replace("\\040", " ")
+            device = fields[separator + 2].replace("\\040", " ")
+            filesystem_type = fields[separator + 1]
+            is_system = mount_point in SUSPICIOUS_MOUNT_POINTS or any(
+                mount_point.startswith(f"{prefix}/")
+                for prefix in SUSPICIOUS_MOUNT_POINTS
+            )
+            results.append(
+                {
+                    "mount_id": mount_id,
+                    "parent_id": parent_id,
+                    "major_minor": fields[2],
+                    "root": fields[3].replace("\\040", " "),
+                    "mount_point": mount_point,
+                    "device": device,
+                    "filesystem_type": filesystem_type,
+                    "mount_options": ",".join(options),
+                    "options_list": options,
+                    "optional_fields": fields[6:separator],
+                    "is_system_partition": is_system,
+                    "is_read_write": "rw" in options,
+                    "process_ids": [process_id],
+                }
+            )
+        return results
+
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
         """
         Check for suspicious mount configurations that may indicate root access

src/mvt/android/artifacts/package_resolvers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import re
+
+
+RESOLVER_TYPES = {
+    "Full MIME Types": "full_mime_type",
+    "Base MIME Types": "base_mime_type",
+    "Wild MIME Types": "wild_mime_type",
+    "Schemes": "scheme",
+    "Non-Data Actions": "non_data_action",
+    "MIME Typed Actions": "mime_typed_action",
+}
+
+ENTRY_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^\s{8,}[0-9a-fA-F]+\s+(?P<component>\S+)"
+    r"(?:\s+\((?P<filters>\d+)\s+filters?\))?\s*$"
+)
+
+
+def parse_resolver_table(content: str, table_name: str) -> list[dict]:
+    """Parse every resolver category from a dumpsys package table."""
+    results: list[dict] = []
+    in_table = False
+    resolver_type: str | None = None
+    key: str | None = None
+
+    for line in content.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith(f"{table_name} Resolver Table:"):
+            in_table = True
+            continue
+        if not in_table:
+            continue
+
+        if line and not line.startswith(" "):
+            break
+
+        section_match = re.match(r"^ {2}([^ ].*):\s*$", line)
+        if section_match:
+            resolver_type = RESOLVER_TYPES.get(section_match.group(1))
+            key = None
+            continue
+        if resolver_type is None:
+            continue
+
+        key_match = re.match(r"^ {6,}([^ ].*):\s*$", line)
+        if key_match:
+            key = key_match.group(1)
+            continue
+        if key is None:
+            continue
+
+        entry_match = ENTRY_RE.match(line)
+        if not entry_match:
+            continue
+        component = entry_match.group("component")
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "resolver_type": resolver_type,
+                "key": key,
+                "package_name": component.split("/", 1)[0],
+                "component": component,
+                "filter_count": int(entry_match.group("filters") or 1),
+            }
+        )
+
+    return results

src/mvt/android/artifacts/processes.py

@@ -1,72 +1,91 @@
 # Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 The MVT Authors.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
 
+FIELD_NAMES = {
+    "LABEL": "label",
+    "USER": "user",
+    "PID": "pid",
+    "TID": "tid",
+    "PPID": "ppid",
+    "VSZ": "virtual_memory_size",
+    "RSS": "resident_set_size",
+    "WCHAN": "wchan",
+    "ADDR": "address",
+    "S": "state",
+    "PRI": "priority",
+    "NI": "nice",
+    "RTPRIO": "realtime_priority",
+    "SCH": "scheduler",
+    "PCY": "policy",
+    "TIME": "cpu_time",
+    "CMD": "command",
+    "NAME": "command",
+}
+INTEGER_FIELDS = {
+    "pid",
+    "tid",
+    "ppid",
+    "virtual_memory_size",
+    "resident_set_size",
+    "priority",
+    "nice",
+}
+
+
 class Processes(AndroidArtifact):
     def parse(self, entry: str) -> None:
-        for line in entry.splitlines()[1:]:
-            proc = line.split()
+        self.results = []
+        lines = [line for line in entry.splitlines() if line.strip()]
+        if not lines:
+            return
+        headers = lines[0].split()
+        if not all(header in FIELD_NAMES for header in headers):
+            return
 
-            # Skip empty lines
-            if len(proc) == 0:
+        for line in lines[1:]:
+            values = line.split(None, len(headers) - 1)
+            if len(values) != len(headers):
                 continue
-
-            # Sometimes WCHAN is empty.
-            if len(proc) == 8:
-                proc = proc[:5] + [""] + proc[5:]
-
-            # Sometimes there is the security label.
-            if proc[0].startswith("u:r"):
-                label = proc[0]
-                proc = proc[1:]
-            else:
-                label = ""
-
-            # Sometimes there is no WCHAN.
-            if len(proc) < 9:
-                proc = proc[:5] + [""] + proc[5:]
-
-            self.results.append(
-                {
-                    "user": proc[0],
-                    "pid": int(proc[1]),
-                    "ppid": int(proc[2]),
-                    "virtual_memory_size": int(proc[3]),
-                    "resident_set_size": int(proc[4]),
-                    "wchan": proc[5],
-                    "aprocress": proc[6],
-                    "stat": proc[7],
-                    "proc_name": proc[8].strip("[]"),
-                    "label": label,
-                }
-            )
+            result = {}
+            valid = True
+            for header, raw in zip(headers, values):
+                key = FIELD_NAMES[header]
+                value: str | int = raw.strip("[]") if key == "command" else raw
+                if key in INTEGER_FIELDS:
+                    try:
+                        value = int(value)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        valid = False
+                        break
+                result[key] = value
+            if valid:
+                self.results.append(result)
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
         if not self.indicators:
             return
-
         for result in self.results:
-            proc_name = result.get("proc_name", "")
-            if not proc_name:
+            command = result.get("command", "")
+            if not isinstance(command, str):
                 continue
-
-            # Skipping this process because of false positives.
-            if result["proc_name"] == "gatekeeperd":
+            process_name = command.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+            if not process_name or process_name == "gatekeeperd":
                 continue
-
-            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_app_id(proc_name)
-            if ioc_match:
-                self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
-                )
-                continue
-
-            ioc_match = self.indicators.check_process(proc_name)
-            if ioc_match:
-                self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
-                )
+            for checker in (
+                self.indicators.check_app_id,
+                self.indicators.check_process,
+            ):
+                ioc_match = checker(process_name)
+                if ioc_match:
+                    self.alertstore.critical(
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
+                    )
+                    break

src/mvt/android/artifacts/settings.py

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, Sequence
+
+from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleAtomicResult, ModuleSerializedResult
+from mvt.common.utils import convert_datetime_to_iso
+
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
 ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS = [
@@ -58,23 +65,240 @@ ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS = [
     },
 ]
 
+# dumpsys prints the fields of a setting record, and of a change history entry,
+# always in this order and separated by a single space. After the value come
+# `default:` and `defaultSystemSet:` when a default is recorded, then `tag:`;
+# some vendor builds add whether the value survives a restore, either as
+# `isValuePreservedInRestore:` or as a bare `notPreservedInRestore` token.
+SETTING_FIELDS = (
+    "_id",
+    "name",
+    "pkg",
+    "value",
+    "default",
+    "defaultSystemSet",
+    "tag",
+    "isValuePreservedInRestore",
+)
+HISTORY_FIELDS = ("time", "mode", "oldValue", "newValue", "package")
+
+NAMESPACE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r"^(CONFIG|GLOBAL|SECURE|SYSTEM) SETTINGS \(user (\d+)\)$"
+)
+SECTION_END_PATTERN = re.compile(r"ending at: (\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})")
+
 
 class Settings(AndroidArtifact):
+    """Parser for the `dumpsys settings` output.
+
+    Every row of the settings provider becomes one result, keeping the fields
+    dumpsys prints alongside the value: the row id, the package which recorded
+    the setting, the default, the tag, and the change history. A setting name
+    can appear more than once within a namespace, so results are a list rather
+    than a mapping.
+    """
+
+    def serialize(self, result: ModuleAtomicResult) -> ModuleSerializedResult:
+        records = []
+        for entry in result.get("history", []):
+            if not entry.get("timestamp"):
+                continue
+
+            records.append(
+                {
+                    "timestamp": entry["timestamp"],
+                    "module": self.__class__.__name__,
+                    "event": "settings_change",
+                    "data": (
+                        f"{result.get('namespace')} setting "
+                        f'"{result.get("name")}" changed from '
+                        f'"{entry.get("oldValue")}" to "{entry.get("newValue")}" '
+                        f"by {entry.get('pkg')}"
+                    ),
+                }
+            )
+
+        return records
+
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
-        for namespace, settings in self.results.items():
-            for key, value in settings.items():
-                for danger in ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS:
-                    # Check if one of the dangerous settings is using an unsafe
-                    # value (different than the one specified).
-                    if danger["key"] == key and danger["safe_value"] != value:
-                        self.alertstore.medium(
-                            f'Found suspicious "{namespace}" setting "{key} = {value}" ({danger["description"]})',
-                            "",
-                            {
-                                "namespace": namespace,
-                                "key": key,
-                                "value": value,
-                                "description": danger["description"],
-                            },
-                        )
-                        break
+        for result in self.results:
+            name = result.get("name")
+            value = result.get("value")
+            for danger in ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS:
+                # Check if one of the dangerous settings is using an unsafe
+                # value (different than the one specified).
+                if danger["key"] != name or danger["safe_value"] == value:
+                    continue
+
+                history = result.get("history") or []
+                self.alertstore.medium(
+                    f'Found suspicious "{result.get("namespace")}" setting '
+                    f'"{name} = {value}" ({danger["description"]})',
+                    history[-1]["timestamp"] if history else "",
+                    result,
+                )
+                break
+
+    def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
+        self.results: list[ModuleAtomicResult] = []
+        section_end = self._parse_section_end(content)
+        namespace: Optional[str] = None
+        user: Optional[str] = None
+        record_lines: list[str] = []
+        history_lines: list[str] = []
+        in_history = False
+
+        def flush() -> None:
+            nonlocal record_lines, history_lines, in_history
+            if record_lines:
+                self.results.append(
+                    self._build_record(
+                        namespace, user, record_lines, history_lines, section_end
+                    )
+                )
+            record_lines = []
+            history_lines = []
+            in_history = False
+
+        for line in content.splitlines():
+            heading = NAMESPACE_PATTERN.match(line.strip())
+            if heading:
+                flush()
+                namespace = heading.group(1).lower()
+                user = heading.group(2)
+                continue
+
+            if line.startswith("--------- "):
+                # dumpsys closes every section with a duration trailer.
+                flush()
+                namespace = None
+                continue
+
+            if namespace is None:
+                continue
+
+            if not line.strip():
+                # dumpsys prints a blank line after every namespace block and
+                # after a change history, and other dumps such as the
+                # generation registry follow the last block, so a blank line
+                # closes the record being read.
+                flush()
+                continue
+
+            if line.startswith("_id:"):
+                flush()
+                record_lines = [line]
+                continue
+
+            if not record_lines:
+                continue
+
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if stripped.startswith("History ("):
+                in_history = True
+                continue
+
+            if in_history:
+                if stripped.startswith("time:"):
+                    history_lines.append(stripped)
+                elif stripped and history_lines:
+                    # A history entry can be wrapped over several lines.
+                    history_lines[-1] += " " + stripped
+                continue
+
+            # Anything else continues the value of the record being read.
+            record_lines.append(line)
+
+        flush()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _split_fields(text: str, keys: Sequence[str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Split the `key:value` fields of one record.
+
+        Values are free-form and may contain spaces and newlines, so a field
+        runs up to the start of the next key which is actually present. Keys
+        dumpsys did not print are skipped.
+        """
+        fields: dict[str, str] = {}
+        key = keys[0]
+        if not text.startswith(f"{key}:"):
+            return fields
+
+        remainder = text[len(key) + 1 :]
+        for next_key in keys[1:]:
+            value, separator, rest = remainder.partition(f" {next_key}:")
+            if separator:
+                fields[key] = value
+                key, remainder = next_key, rest
+
+        fields[key] = remainder
+        return fields
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_section_end(content: str) -> Optional[datetime]:
+        """Return the time the settings section was dumped, if reported."""
+        match = SECTION_END_PATTERN.search(content)
+        if not match:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            return datetime.strptime(match.group(1), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_timestamp(
+        value: str, section_end: Optional[datetime]
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Add the missing year to a `MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmm` history timestamp.
+
+        dumpsys prints the change history without a year, so it is resolved
+        against the time the section was dumped: the most recent matching date
+        at or before that time.
+        """
+        if section_end is None:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            partial = datetime.strptime(value, "%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+            timestamp = partial.replace(year=section_end.year)
+            if timestamp > section_end:
+                timestamp = partial.replace(year=section_end.year - 1)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+        return convert_datetime_to_iso(timestamp)
+
+    def _parse_history(
+        self, line: str, section_end: Optional[datetime]
+    ) -> ModuleAtomicResult:
+        fields = self._split_fields(line, HISTORY_FIELDS)
+        return {
+            "timestamp": self._resolve_timestamp(fields.get("time", ""), section_end),
+            "oldValue": fields.get("oldValue"),
+            "newValue": fields.get("newValue"),
+            "pkg": fields.get("package"),
+        }
+
+    def _build_record(
+        self,
+        namespace: Optional[str],
+        user: Optional[str],
+        record_lines: list[str],
+        history_lines: list[str],
+        section_end: Optional[datetime],
+    ) -> ModuleAtomicResult:
+        text = "\n".join(record_lines).rstrip()
+        # The bare `notPreservedInRestore` token has no `key:` shape and is
+        # printed last, so peel it off before splitting the fields.
+        head = text.removesuffix(" notPreservedInRestore")
+
+        record: ModuleAtomicResult = {"namespace": namespace, "user": user}
+        record.update(self._split_fields(head, SETTING_FIELDS))
+        if head != text:
+            record["isValuePreservedInRestore"] = "false"
+
+        record["history"] = [
+            self._parse_history(entry, section_end) for entry in history_lines
+        ]
+        return record

src/mvt/android/artifacts/tombstone_crashes.py

@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_process(result["process_name"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
@@ -108,7 +111,10 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                 ioc_match = self.indicators.check_process(command_name)
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
                         f"Potentially suspicious crash in process '{result['process_name']}' "
                         f"running as UID '{result['uid']}' in tombstone '{result['file_name']}' at {result['timestamp']}"
                     ),
-                    "",
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
                     result,
                 )
 
@@ -131,6 +137,13 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         self, file_name: str, file_timestamp: datetime.datetime, data: bytes
     ) -> None:
         """Parse Android tombstone crash files from a protobuf object."""
+        self.results.append(self.parse_protobuf_record(file_name, file_timestamp, data))
+
+    def parse_protobuf_record(
+        self, file_name: str, file_timestamp: datetime.datetime, data: bytes
+    ) -> dict:
+        if not data:
+            raise ValueError("empty protobuf tombstone")
         tombstone_pb = Tombstone().parse(data)
         tombstone_dict = tombstone_pb.to_dict(
             casing=betterproto2.Casing.SNAKE, include_default_values=True
@@ -143,20 +156,31 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
         tombstone_dict["file_name"] = file_name
         tombstone_dict["file_timestamp"] = convert_datetime_to_iso(file_timestamp)
         tombstone_dict["process_name"] = self._proccess_name_from_thread(tombstone_dict)
+        if isinstance(tombstone_dict.get("selinux_label"), str):
+            tombstone_dict["selinux_label"] = tombstone_dict["selinux_label"].rstrip(
+                "\x00"
+            )
 
         # Confirm the tombstone is valid, and matches the output model
         tombstone = TombstoneCrashResult.model_validate(tombstone_dict)
-        self.results.append(tombstone.model_dump())
+        return tombstone.model_dump()
 
     def parse(
         self, file_name: str, file_timestamp: datetime.datetime, content: bytes
     ) -> None:
         """Parse text Android tombstone crash files."""
+        self.results.append(self.parse_text_record(file_name, file_timestamp, content))
+
+    def parse_text_record(
+        self, file_name: str, file_timestamp: datetime.datetime, content: bytes
+    ) -> dict:
+        if not content:
+            raise ValueError("empty plaintext tombstone")
         tombstone_dict = {
             "file_name": file_name,
             "file_timestamp": convert_datetime_to_iso(file_timestamp),
         }
-        lines = content.decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+        lines = content.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").splitlines()
         for line_num, line in enumerate(lines, 1):
             if not line.strip() or TOMBSTONE_DELIMITER in line:
                 continue
@@ -171,7 +195,7 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
 
         # Validate the tombstone and add it to the results
         tombstone = TombstoneCrashResult.model_validate(tombstone_dict)
-        self.results.append(tombstone.model_dump())
+        return tombstone.model_dump()
 
     def _parse_tombstone_line(
         self, line: str, key: str, destination_key: str, tombstone: dict
@@ -191,11 +215,18 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
     def _load_key_value_line(
         self, line: str, key: str, destination_key: str, tombstone: dict
     ) -> bool:
-        line_key, value = line.split(":", 1)
-        if line_key != key:
-            raise ValueError(f"Expected key {key}, got {line_key}")
+        # The caller matched the key as a bare prefix, so a longer word starting
+        # with it arrives here: `Caused by: …` inside an abort message reaches
+        # the `Cause` key. That is a different line, not a broken file — say so
+        # by declining it, and let the remaining keys have their turn. Raising
+        # here discarded the whole tombstone, crash and stack trace included.
+        line_key, separator, value = line.partition(":")
+        if not separator or line_key != key:
+            return False
 
-        value_clean = value.strip().strip("'")
+        value_clean = value.strip()
+        if len(value_clean) >= 2 and value_clean[0] == value_clean[-1] == "'":
+            value_clean = value_clean[1:-1]
         if destination_key == "uid":
             tombstone[destination_key] = int(value_clean)
         elif destination_key == "process_uptime":
@@ -269,9 +300,7 @@ class TombstoneCrashArtifact(AndroidArtifact):
     @staticmethod
     def _parse_timestamp_string(timestamp: str) -> str:
         timestamp_parsed = parser.parse(timestamp)
-        # Preserve the source wall-clock time while returning the project-wide ISO format.
-        local_timestamp = timestamp_parsed.replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
-        return convert_datetime_to_iso(local_timestamp)
+        return convert_datetime_to_iso(timestamp_parsed)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _proccess_name_from_thread(tombstone_dict: dict) -> str:

src/mvt/android/cli.py

@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ from mvt.common.cli_plugins import (
     load_cli_commands_option,
     register_cli_plugins,
 )
-from mvt.common.cmd_check_iocs import CmdCheckIOCS
-from mvt.common.completion import (
-    SUPPORTED_SHELLS,
-    completion_instructions,
-    generate_completion_script,
-    install_completion_script,
-)
 from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_ANDROID_BACKUP_PASSWORD,
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_ADB_REMOVED,
@@ -31,7 +24,6 @@ from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_IOCS,
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_INTRUSION_LOGS,
     HELP_MSG_DELAY_CHECKS,
-    HELP_MSG_COMPLETION,
     HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
     HELP_MSG_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK,
     HELP_MSG_HASHES,
@@ -43,23 +35,16 @@ from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_OUTPUT,
     HELP_MSG_STIX2,
     HELP_MSG_VERBOSE,
+    HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND,
     HELP_MSG_VERSION,
     HELP_MSG_VIRUS_TOTAL,
 )
-from mvt.common.logo import logo
-from mvt.common.module_loader import CustomModuleLoadError, load_custom_modules
-from mvt.common.updates import IndicatorsUpdates
 from mvt.common.utils import init_logging, set_verbose_logging
 
-from .cmd_check_androidqf import CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF
-from .cmd_check_backup import CmdAndroidCheckBackup
-from .cmd_check_bugreport import CmdAndroidCheckBugreport
-from .cmd_check_intrusion_logs import CmdAndroidCheckIntrusionLogs
-from .modules.intrusion_logs import INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES
-from .modules.androidqf import ANDROIDQF_MODULES
-from .modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES
-from .modules.backup.helpers import cli_load_android_backup_password
-from .modules.bugreport import BUGREPORT_MODULES
+# The commands import what they run only when they are invoked. This module is
+# imported at every start of mvt-android, including by shell completion on
+# every keystroke, so importing it must do no more than build the command tree:
+# the forensic modules, the backup parsers and the update checks stay out of it.
 
 init_logging()
 log = logging.getLogger("mvt")
@@ -77,7 +62,14 @@ def _get_disable_flags(ctx):
     )
 
 
+def _get_verbose(ctx):
+    """Return whether --verbose was passed to the CLI itself."""
+    return bool(ctx.obj and ctx.obj.get("verbose", False))
+
+
 def _load_custom_modules(load_module):
+    from mvt.common.module_loader import CustomModuleLoadError, load_custom_modules
+
     try:
         return load_custom_modules(load_module)
     except CustomModuleLoadError as exc:
@@ -97,60 +89,31 @@ def _load_custom_modules(load_module):
     is_flag=True,
     help=HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
 )
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
 @click.pass_context
-def cli(ctx, disable_update_check, disable_indicator_update_check):
+def cli(ctx, disable_update_check, disable_indicator_update_check, verbose):
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     ctx.obj["disable_version_check"] = disable_update_check
     ctx.obj["disable_indicator_check"] = disable_indicator_update_check
-    if ctx.invoked_subcommand != "completion":
-        logo(
-            disable_version_check=disable_update_check,
-            disable_indicator_check=disable_indicator_update_check,
-        )
+    ctx.obj["verbose"] = verbose
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+
+    from mvt.common.logo import logo
+
+    logo(
+        disable_version_check=disable_update_check,
+        disable_indicator_check=disable_indicator_update_check,
+    )
 
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # Command: version
 # ==============================================================================
-@cli.command("version", help=HELP_MSG_VERSION)
+@cli.command("version", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_VERSION)
 def version():
     return
 
 
-# ==============================================================================
-# Command: completion
-# ==============================================================================
-@cli.command("completion", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_COMPLETION)
-@click.argument("shell", required=False, type=click.Choice(SUPPORTED_SHELLS))
-@click.option(
-    "--install",
-    is_flag=True,
-    help="Write completion files and update shell configuration.",
-)
-@click.pass_context
-def completion(ctx, shell, install):
-    program_name = "mvt-android"
-
-    if shell is None:
-        if install:
-            raise click.UsageError("A shell is required when using --install.")
-        click.echo(completion_instructions(program_name))
-        return
-
-    root_cli = ctx.find_root().command
-
-    if install:
-        script_path = install_completion_script(root_cli, program_name, shell)
-        click.echo(f"Installed {shell} completion to {script_path}")
-        if shell in ("bash", "zsh"):
-            click.echo(f"Updated ~/.{shell}rc")
-        else:
-            click.echo("Fish loads completion files automatically.")
-        return
-
-    click.echo(generate_completion_script(root_cli, program_name, shell))
-
-
 # ==============================================================================
 # Command: check-adb (removed)
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -187,7 +150,17 @@ def check_adb(ctx):
     default=[],
     help=HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
 )
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option(
+    "--timezone",
+    "-t",
+    default=None,
+    help=(
+        "IANA timezone name for the device, for example 'Europe/Paris'. "
+        "Bugreport file timestamps are the device's wall clock; by default the "
+        "zone is read from persist.sys.timezone in the bugreport itself."
+    ),
+)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("BUGREPORT_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_bugreport(
@@ -197,17 +170,26 @@ def check_bugreport(
     list_modules,
     module,
     load_module,
+    timezone,
     verbose,
     bugreport_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_bugreport import CmdAndroidCheckBugreport
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
+
+    module_options = {}
+    if timezone:
+        module_options["device_timezone"] = timezone
+
     # Always generate hashes as bug reports are small.
     cmd = CmdAndroidCheckBugreport(
         target_path=bugreport_path,
         results_path=output,
         ioc_files=iocs,
         module_name=module,
+        module_options=module_options if module_options else None,
         hashes=True,
         disable_version_check=_get_disable_flags(ctx)[0],
         disable_indicator_check=_get_disable_flags(ctx)[1],
@@ -218,8 +200,6 @@ def check_bugreport(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking Android bug report at path: %s", bugreport_path)
-
     try:
         cmd.run()
     except BadZipFile as exc:
@@ -255,7 +235,7 @@ def check_bugreport(
 )
 @click.option("--non-interactive", "-n", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_NONINTERACTIVE)
 @click.option("--backup-password", "-p", help=HELP_MSG_ANDROID_BACKUP_PASSWORD)
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("BACKUP_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_backup(
@@ -269,7 +249,10 @@ def check_backup(
     verbose,
     backup_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_backup import CmdAndroidCheckBackup
+    from .modules.backup.helpers import cli_load_android_backup_password
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
 
     # Always generate hashes as backups are generally small.
@@ -291,8 +274,6 @@ def check_backup(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking Android backup at path: %s", backup_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -329,7 +310,7 @@ def check_backup(
 )
 @click.option("--non-interactive", "-n", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_NONINTERACTIVE)
 @click.option("--backup-password", "-p", help=HELP_MSG_ANDROID_BACKUP_PASSWORD)
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("ANDROIDQF_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_androidqf(
@@ -347,7 +328,10 @@ def check_androidqf(
     verbose,
     androidqf_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_androidqf import CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF
+    from .modules.backup.helpers import cli_load_android_backup_password
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
 
     cmd = CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF(
@@ -371,8 +355,6 @@ def check_androidqf(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking AndroidQF acquisition at path: %s", androidqf_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_disable_adb_warning()
@@ -415,7 +397,7 @@ def check_androidqf(
         "time instead of UTC."
     ),
 )
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("LOGS_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_intrusion_logs(
@@ -429,7 +411,9 @@ def check_intrusion_logs(
     verbose,
     logs_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_intrusion_logs import CmdAndroidCheckIntrusionLogs
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
 
     module_options = {}
@@ -451,8 +435,6 @@ def check_intrusion_logs(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking intrusion logs at path: %s", logs_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -482,6 +464,10 @@ def check_intrusion_logs(
 @click.argument("FOLDER", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
+    from mvt.common.cmd_check_iocs import CmdCheckIOCS
+
+    from .command_modules import ANDROID_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES
+
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
     cmd = CmdCheckIOCS(
         target_path=folder,
@@ -492,9 +478,7 @@ def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
         custom_modules=custom_modules,
         platform="android",
     )
-    cmd.modules = (
-        BACKUP_MODULES + BUGREPORT_MODULES + ANDROIDQF_MODULES + INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES
-    )
+    cmd.modules = ANDROID_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES
 
     if list_modules:
         cmd.list_modules()
@@ -510,12 +494,25 @@ def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
 # ==============================================================================
 @cli.command("download-iocs", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_STIX2)
 def download_indicators():
+    from mvt.common.updates import IndicatorsUpdates
+
     ioc_updates = IndicatorsUpdates()
     ioc_updates.update()
 
 
-register_cli_plugins(
-    cli,
-    entry_point_group=ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
-    environment_variable=MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
-)
+# ==============================================================================
+# Entry point of the mvt-android console script
+# ==============================================================================
+def main() -> None:
+    """Register the external commands and run the mvt-android CLI.
+
+    External commands are registered here rather than when this module is
+    imported, so that importing MVT never runs third-party code and a plugin
+    importing from MVT cannot re-enter a module that is still initializing.
+    """
+    register_cli_plugins(
+        cli,
+        entry_point_group=ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+        environment_variable=MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+    )
+    cli()

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_androidqf.py

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise NoAndroidQFTargetPath
 
+        self.log.info("Checking AndroidQF acquisition at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
             self.__format = "dir"
             parent_path = Path(self.target_path).absolute().parent.as_posix()
@@ -292,9 +294,7 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF(Command):
         try:
             cmd.from_ab(backup)
         except InvalidAndroidBackup as exc:
-            self.log.warning(
-                "Skipping backup modules as backup.ab is malformed: %s", exc
-            )
+            self.log.warning("Skipping backup modules: %s", exc)
             return False
 
         cmd.run()

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_backup.py

@@ -87,11 +87,15 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckBackup(Command):
         if header["encryption"] != "none":
             password = prompt_or_load_android_backup_password(log, self.module_options)
             if not password:
+                if self.sub_command:
+                    raise InvalidAndroidBackup("No backup password provided")
                 log.critical("No backup password provided.")
                 sys.exit(1)
         try:
             tardata = parse_backup_file(ab_file_bytes, password=password)
         except InvalidBackupPassword:
+            if self.sub_command:
+                raise InvalidAndroidBackup("Invalid backup password")
             log.critical("Invalid backup password")
             sys.exit(1)
         except AndroidBackupParsingError as exc:
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckBackup(Command):
         assert self.target_path is not None  # type: ignore[has-type]
         # Use a different local variable name to avoid any scoping issues
         backup_path: str = self.target_path  # type: ignore[has-type]
+        self.log.info("Checking Android backup at path: %s", backup_path)
 
         if os.path.isfile(backup_path):
             self.__type = "ab"

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_bugreport.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
+from mvt.android.artifacts.getprop import GetProp
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.base import BugReportModule
 from mvt.common.command import Command
 from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
@@ -88,13 +89,57 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckBugreport(Command):
             self.__files.append(file_name)
 
     def init(self) -> None:
-        if not self.target_path:
+        if self.target_path:
+            self.log.info("Checking Android bug report at path: %s", self.target_path)
+            if os.path.isfile(self.target_path):
+                self.from_zip(ZipFile(self.target_path))
+            elif os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
+                self.from_dir(self.target_path)
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Analysing an unpacked bugreport: file timestamps come from "
+                    "the extraction, not from the device. Analyse the original "
+                    "zip to keep the device's file timestamps."
+                )
+        if self.__format:
+            self._resolve_device_timezone()
+
+    def _resolve_device_timezone(self) -> None:
+        """Name the device's timezone in module_options unless it is known already.
+
+        A bugreport's SYSTEM PROPERTIES section carries persist.sys.timezone.
+        Zip entry times are the device's wall clock, and modules read them in
+        this zone; --timezone or check-androidqf's own reading takes precedence.
+        """
+        if self.module_options.get("device_timezone"):
+            self.log.info("Device timezone: %s", self.module_options["device_timezone"])
             return
 
-        if os.path.isfile(self.target_path):
-            self.from_zip(ZipFile(self.target_path))
-        elif os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
-            self.from_dir(self.target_path)
+        probe = BugReportModule(log=self.log)
+        self.module_init(probe)
+        timezone = None
+        try:
+            dumpstate = probe._get_dumpstate_file()
+        except Exception as exc:
+            self.log.warning("Could not read the bugreport's dumpstate: %s", exc)
+            dumpstate = None
+        if dumpstate:
+            properties = GetProp()
+            properties.parse(
+                BugReportModule.extract_command_section(
+                    dumpstate.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+                    "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES",
+                )
+            )
+            timezone = properties.get_device_timezone()
+        if timezone:
+            self.log.info("Device timezone identified from the bugreport: %s", timezone)
+            self.module_options["device_timezone"] = timezone
+        else:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "persist.sys.timezone not found in the bugreport; file timestamps "
+                "are the device's wall clock without a timezone. Pass --timezone "
+                "to name it."
+            )
 
     def module_init(self, module: BugReportModule) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
         if self.__format == "zip":

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_intrusion_logs.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckIntrusionLogs(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise ValueError("No target path specified")
 
+        self.log.info("Checking intrusion logs at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if not os.path.isdir(self.target_path) and not (
             os.path.isfile(self.target_path)
             and self.target_path.lower().endswith(".zip")

src/mvt/android/command_modules.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+"""Module lists an mvt-android command composes from more than one family.
+
+Commands whose modules are one family read that family directly. check-iocs
+re-checks stored results, so it has to know every module that could have
+written one, and both the CLI and any other code needing that answer share
+the list from here rather than each concatenating their own.
+"""
+
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
+from .modules.androidqf import ANDROIDQF_MODULES
+from .modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES
+from .modules.bugreport import BUGREPORT_MODULES
+from .modules.intrusion_logs import INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES
+
+ANDROID_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = (
+    BACKUP_MODULES + BUGREPORT_MODULES + ANDROIDQF_MODULES + INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES
+)

src/mvt/android/modules/androidqf/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .aqf_files import AQFFiles
 from .aqf_getprop import AQFGetProp
 from .aqf_log_timestamps import AQFLogTimestamps
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ from .aqf_settings import AQFSettings
 from .mounts import Mounts
 from .root_binaries import RootBinaries
 
-ANDROIDQF_MODULES = [
+ANDROIDQF_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
     AQFPackages,
     AQFProcesses,
     AQFGetProp,

src/mvt/android/modules/androidqf/aqf_files.py

@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ class AQFFiles(AndroidQFModule):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_path(result["path"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("modified_time") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ class AQFFiles(AndroidQFModule):
                         file_type = "executable "
 
                     msg = f'Found {file_type}file at suspicious path "{result["path"]}"'
-                    self.alertstore.high(msg, "", result)
+                    self.alertstore.high(msg, result.get("modified_time") or "", result)
 
             for hash_key in ("sha256", "sha1", "md5"):
                 file_hash = result.get(hash_key, "")
@@ -114,7 +117,10 @@ class AQFFiles(AndroidQFModule):
                 ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_hash(file_hash)
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        result.get("modified_time") or "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     break
 

src/mvt/android/modules/androidqf/aqf_settings.py

@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-import logging
-from typing import Optional
-
 from mvt.android.artifacts.settings import Settings as SettingsArtifact
-from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleResults
 
 from .base import AndroidQFModule
 
@@ -15,43 +11,23 @@ from .base import AndroidQFModule
 class AQFSettings(SettingsArtifact, AndroidQFModule):
     """This module analyse setting files"""
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        file_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        target_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        results_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        module_options: Optional[dict] = None,
-        log: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__),
-        results: Optional[ModuleResults] = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(
-            file_path=file_path,
-            target_path=target_path,
-            results_path=results_path,
-            module_options=module_options,
-            log=log,
-            results=results,
-        )
-        self.results: dict = results if results is not None else {}
-
     def run(self) -> None:
         for setting_file in self._get_files_by_pattern("*/settings_*.txt"):
             namespace = setting_file[setting_file.rfind("_") + 1 : -4]
 
-            self.results[namespace] = {}
             data = self._get_file_content(setting_file)
             for line in data.decode("utf-8").splitlines():
-                line = line.strip()
-                try:
-                    key, value = line.split("=", 1)
-                except ValueError:
+                name, separator, value = line.strip().partition("=")
+                if not separator:
                     continue
 
-                try:
-                    self.results[namespace][key] = value
-                except IndexError:
-                    continue
+                self.results.append(
+                    {
+                        "namespace": namespace,
+                        "user": None,
+                        "name": name,
+                        "value": value,
+                    }
+                )
 
-        self.log.info(
-            "Identified %d settings", sum([len(val) for val in self.results.values()])
-        )
+        self.log.info("Identified %d settings", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/backup/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .sms import SMS
 
-BACKUP_MODULES = [SMS]
+BACKUP_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [SMS]

src/mvt/android/modules/backup/sms.py

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ class SMS(BackupModule):
         ):
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", message, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    message.get("isodate") or "",
+                    message,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
     def collect_url_results(self) -> None:

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .dumpsys_accessibility import DumpsysAccessibility
 from .dumpsys_activities import DumpsysActivities
 from .dumpsys_appops import DumpsysAppops
@@ -16,8 +18,11 @@ from .dumpsys_receivers import DumpsysReceivers
 from .dumpsys_adb_state import DumpsysADBState
 from .fs_timestamps import BugReportTimestamps
 from .tombstones import Tombstones
+from .mounts import Mounts
+from .processes import Processes
+from .settings import Settings
 
-BUGREPORT_MODULES = [
+BUGREPORT_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
     DumpsysAccessibility,
     DumpsysActivities,
     DumpsysAppops,
@@ -31,4 +36,7 @@ BUGREPORT_MODULES = [
     DumpsysADBState,
     BugReportTimestamps,
     Tombstones,
+    Processes,
+    Settings,
+    Mounts,
 ]

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from mvt.common.module import ModuleResults, MVTModule
 
@@ -72,7 +73,11 @@ class BugReportModule(MVTModule):
             if not self.extract_path:
                 raise ValueError("extract_path is not set")
             joined = os.path.join(self.extract_path, file_path)
-            if not Path(joined).resolve().is_relative_to(Path(self.extract_path).resolve()):
+            if (
+                not Path(joined)
+                .resolve()
+                .is_relative_to(Path(self.extract_path).resolve())
+            ):
                 raise ValueError("unsafe file_path")
             handle = open(joined, "rb")
 
@@ -100,12 +105,52 @@ class BugReportModule(MVTModule):
 
         return None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def extract_command_section(content: str, heading: str) -> str:
+        """Return a bugreport command section without consuming the next one.
+
+        Bugreport separators include timing text, so looking for a line equal to
+        ``------`` is not sufficient and can accidentally feed the remainder of
+        dumpstate to a parser.
+        """
+        lines: list[str] = []
+        in_section = False
+        for line in content.splitlines():
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if not in_section:
+                if stripped.startswith(heading):
+                    in_section = True
+                continue
+            if stripped.startswith("------"):
+                break
+            lines.append(line)
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+    def _device_timezone(self) -> Optional[datetime.tzinfo]:
+        """The device's timezone named in module_options, or None when unknown."""
+        name = self.module_options.get("device_timezone")
+        if not name:
+            return None
+        try:
+            return ZoneInfo(name)
+        except ZoneInfoNotFoundError:
+            self.log.warning("Unknown device timezone %s", name)
+            return None
+
     def _get_file_modification_time(self, file_path: str) -> datetime.datetime:
+        """When the file was last modified.
+
+        A zip entry carries the device's wall clock, so it is returned in the
+        device's timezone when the bugreport names one and naive otherwise.
+        An unpacked bugreport's mtime is whatever the extraction left, an
+        instant returned in UTC.
+        """
         if self.zip_archive:
             file_timetuple = self.zip_archive.getinfo(file_path).date_time
-            return datetime.datetime(*file_timetuple)
-        else:
-            if not self.extract_path:
-                raise ValueError("extract_path is not set")
-            file_stat = os.stat(os.path.join(self.extract_path, file_path))
-            return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(file_stat.st_mtime)
+            return datetime.datetime(*file_timetuple, tzinfo=self._device_timezone())
+        if not self.extract_path:
+            raise ValueError("extract_path is not set")
+        file_stat = os.stat(os.path.join(self.extract_path, file_path))
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            file_stat.st_mtime, tz=datetime.timezone.utc
+        )

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/dumpsys_accessibility.py

@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ class DumpsysAccessibility(DumpsysAccessibilityArtifact, BugReportModule):
         self.parse(content)
 
         for result in self.results:
-            self.log.info(
-                'Found installed accessibility service "%s"', result.get("service")
-            )
+            self.log.info('Found accessibility service "%s"', result.get("component"))
 
         self.log.info(
             "Identified a total of %d accessibility services", len(self.results)

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/dumpsys_getprop.py

@@ -44,21 +44,8 @@ class DumpsysGetProp(GetPropArtifact, BugReportModule):
             )
             return
 
-        lines = []
-        in_getprop = False
-
-        for line in content.decode(errors="ignore").splitlines():
-            if line.strip().startswith("------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES"):
-                in_getprop = True
-                continue
-
-            if not in_getprop:
-                continue
-
-            if line.strip() == "------":
-                break
-
-            lines.append(line)
-
-        self.parse("\n".join(lines))
+        section = self.extract_command_section(
+            content.decode(errors="ignore"), "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES"
+        )
+        self.parse(section)
         self.log.info("Extracted %d Android system properties", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/dumpsys_packages.py

@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class DumpsysPackages(DumpsysPackagesArtifact, BugReportModule):
 
         for result in self.results:
             dangerous_permissions_count = 0
-            for perm in result["permissions"]:
+            permissions = list(result["permissions"])
+            for user in result.get("users", []):
+                permissions.extend(user.get("permissions", []))
+            for perm in permissions:
                 if perm["name"] in DANGEROUS_PERMISSIONS:
                     dangerous_permissions_count += 1
 

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/dumpsys_platform_compat.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleResults
 
 
 class DumpsysPlatformCompat(DumpsysPlatformCompatArtifact, BugReportModule):
-    """This module extracts details on uninstalled apps."""
+    """This module extracts raw per-package compatibility overrides."""
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ class DumpsysPlatformCompat(DumpsysPlatformCompatArtifact, BugReportModule):
         )
         self.parse(content)
 
-        self.log.info("Found %d uninstalled apps", len(self.results))
+        self.log.info("Found %d package compatibility overrides", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/dumpsys_receivers.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DumpsysReceivers(DumpsysReceiversArtifact, BugReportModule):
             results=results,
         )
 
-        self.results = results if results else {}
+        self.results = results if results else []
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         content = self._get_dumpstate_file()
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ class DumpsysReceivers(DumpsysReceiversArtifact, BugReportModule):
         )
 
         self.parse(dumpsys_section)
-        self.log.info("Extracted receivers for %d intents", len(self.results))
+        self.log.info("Extracted %d package receivers", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/fs_timestamps.py

@@ -40,13 +40,29 @@ class BugReportTimestamps(FileTimestampsArtifact, BugReportModule):
 
         self.results = []
         for file in filesystem_files:
-            # Only the modification time is available in the zip file metadata.
-            # The timezone is the local timezone of the machine the phone.
+            # A zip entry keeps the device's wall clock, read in the device's
+            # timezone when the command found one (see CmdAndroidCheckBugreport);
+            # an unpacked bugreport's mtime is read as a UTC instant.
             modification_time = self._get_file_modification_time(file)
             self.results.append(
                 {
                     "path": file,
-                    "modified_time": convert_datetime_to_iso(modification_time),
+                    "modified_time": convert_datetime_to_iso(
+                        modification_time.replace(tzinfo=None)
+                    ),
+                    "modified_time_utc": (
+                        convert_datetime_to_iso(modification_time)
+                        if modification_time.tzinfo
+                        else None
+                    ),
+                    "timezone": (
+                        self.module_options.get("device_timezone")
+                        if self.zip_archive
+                        else "UTC"
+                    ),
+                    "timestamp_source": (
+                        "zip_metadata" if self.zip_archive else "filesystem_metadata"
+                    ),
                 }
             )
 

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/mounts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+
+import re
+
+from mvt.android.artifacts.mounts import Mounts as MountsArtifact
+
+from .base import BugReportModule
+
+
+class Mounts(MountsArtifact, BugReportModule):
+    """Extract and deduplicate process mount namespaces from mountinfo."""
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        mount_files = self._get_files_by_pattern("FS/proc/*/mountinfo")
+        if not mount_files:
+            mount_files = self._get_files_by_pattern("*/proc/*/mountinfo")
+        unique: dict[tuple, dict] = {}
+        for file_path in mount_files:
+            pid_match = re.search(r"/proc/(\d+)/mountinfo$", file_path)
+            if not pid_match:
+                continue
+            entries = self.parse_mountinfo(
+                self._get_file_content(file_path).decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+                int(pid_match.group(1)),
+            )
+            for entry in entries:
+                identity = (
+                    entry["major_minor"],
+                    entry["root"],
+                    entry["mount_point"],
+                    entry["device"],
+                    entry["filesystem_type"],
+                    entry["mount_options"],
+                )
+                if identity in unique:
+                    unique[identity]["process_ids"].extend(entry["process_ids"])
+                else:
+                    unique[identity] = entry
+        self.results = list(unique.values())
+        self.log.info("Extracted %d unique mount records", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/processes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+
+from mvt.android.artifacts.processes import Processes as ProcessesArtifact
+
+from .base import BugReportModule
+
+
+class Processes(ProcessesArtifact, BugReportModule):
+    """Extract the process and thread table from dumpstate."""
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        data = self._get_dumpstate_file()
+        if not data:
+            self.log.error("Unable to find dumpstate file")
+            return
+        section = self.extract_command_section(
+            data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+            "------ PROCESSES AND THREADS",
+        )
+        self.parse(section)
+        self.log.info("Identified %d running process threads", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/settings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+
+from mvt.android.artifacts.settings import Settings as SettingsArtifact
+
+from .base import BugReportModule
+
+
+class Settings(SettingsArtifact, BugReportModule):
+    """Extract all SettingsProvider namespaces and users."""
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        data = self._get_dumpstate_file()
+        if not data:
+            self.log.error("Unable to find dumpstate file")
+            return
+        section = self.extract_dumpsys_section(
+            data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"), "DUMP OF SERVICE settings:"
+        )
+        self.parse(section)
+        self.log.info("Identified %d Android settings", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/tombstones.py

@@ -43,21 +43,76 @@ class Tombstones(TombstoneCrashArtifact, BugReportModule):
             )
             return
 
-        for tombstone_file in sorted(tombstone_files):
-            tombstone_filename = tombstone_file.split("/")[-1]
-            modification_time = self._get_file_modification_time(tombstone_file)
-            tombstone_data = self._get_file_content(tombstone_file)
+        grouped: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {}
+        for file_path in tombstone_files:
+            file_name = file_path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+            source = "protobuf" if file_name.endswith(".pb") else "text"
+            crash_id = file_name.removesuffix(".pb")
+            grouped.setdefault(crash_id, {})[source] = file_path
 
-            try:
-                if tombstone_file.endswith(".pb"):
-                    self.parse_protobuf(
-                        tombstone_filename, modification_time, tombstone_data
+        for crash_id, paths in sorted(grouped.items()):
+            parsed_sources: dict[str, dict] = {}
+            source_records: dict[str, dict] = {}
+            for source in ("text", "protobuf"):
+                file_path = paths.get(source)
+                if file_path is None:
+                    continue
+                file_name = file_path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+                file_timestamp = self._get_file_modification_time(file_path)
+                source_info = {
+                    "file_name": file_name,
+                    "file_timestamp": file_timestamp.isoformat(),
+                    "parsed": False,
+                    "error": None,
+                    "record": None,
+                }
+                try:
+                    data = self._get_file_content(file_path)
+                    if source == "protobuf":
+                        record = self.parse_protobuf_record(
+                            file_name, file_timestamp, data
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        record = self.parse_text_record(file_name, file_timestamp, data)
+                    source_info["parsed"] = True
+                    source_info["record"] = record
+                    source_records[source] = record
+                except Exception as exc:
+                    source_info["error"] = str(exc)
+                    self.log.error(
+                        "Error parsing tombstone file %s: %s", file_path, exc
                     )
-                else:
-                    self.parse(tombstone_filename, modification_time, tombstone_data)
-            except ValueError as e:
-                # Catch any exceptions raised during parsing or validation.
-                self.log.error(f"Error parsing tombstone file {tombstone_file}: {e}")
+                parsed_sources[source] = source_info
+
+            if not source_records:
+                continue
+            preferred = source_records.get("protobuf") or source_records["text"]
+            canonical = dict(preferred)
+            text_record = source_records.get("text")
+            if text_record:
+                for key, value in text_record.items():
+                    if canonical.get(key) in (None, "", [], {}):
+                        canonical[key] = value
+
+            differences = {}
+            protobuf_record = source_records.get("protobuf")
+            if text_record and protobuf_record:
+                for key in text_record.keys() & protobuf_record.keys():
+                    if key in ("file_name", "file_timestamp"):
+                        continue
+                    if text_record[key] != protobuf_record[key]:
+                        differences[key] = {
+                            "text": text_record[key],
+                            "protobuf": protobuf_record[key],
+                        }
+            canonical.update(
+                {
+                    "crash_id": crash_id,
+                    "sources": parsed_sources,
+                    "differences": differences,
+                }
+            )
+            self.results.append(canonical)
 
         self.log.info(
             "Extracted a total of %d tombstone files",

src/mvt/android/modules/intrusion_logs/__init__.py

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .connect_event import ConnectEvent
 from .dns_event import DnsEvent
 from .security_event import SecurityEvent
 
-INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES = [
+INTRUSION_LOGS_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
     DnsEvent,
     ConnectEvent,
     SecurityEvent,

src/mvt/cli.py

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import click
+
+from mvt.common.cli_plugins import (
+    MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+    NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    load_cli_commands_option,
+    register_cli_plugins,
+)
+from mvt.common.cmd_plugins import plugins
+from mvt.common.completion import completion
+from mvt.common.help import (
+    HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    HELP_MSG_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    HELP_MSG_STIX2,
+    HELP_MSG_VERBOSE,
+    HELP_MSG_VERSION,
+)
+from mvt.common.logo import logo
+from mvt.common.updates import IndicatorsUpdates
+from mvt.common.utils import init_logging, set_verbose_logging
+
+init_logging()
+
+CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=["-h", "--help"])
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Main
+# ==============================================================================
+@click.group(invoke_without_command=True)
+@load_cli_commands_option
+@click.option(
+    "--disable-update-check", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--disable-indicator-update-check",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help=HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
+)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx, disable_update_check, disable_indicator_update_check, verbose):
+    """Mobile Verification Toolkit.
+
+    The 'mvt-ios' and 'mvt-android' CLI commands are used to perform
+    forensic analysis on IOS and Android devices.
+    """
+    ctx.ensure_object(dict)
+    ctx.obj["disable_version_check"] = disable_update_check
+    ctx.obj["disable_indicator_check"] = disable_indicator_update_check
+    ctx.obj["verbose"] = verbose
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    if ctx.invoked_subcommand != "completion":
+        logo(
+            disable_version_check=disable_update_check,
+            disable_indicator_check=disable_indicator_update_check,
+        )
+    if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
+        click.echo(ctx.get_help())
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Command: download-iocs
+# ==============================================================================
+@cli.command("download-iocs", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_STIX2)
+def download_iocs():
+    ioc_updates = IndicatorsUpdates()
+    ioc_updates.update()
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Command: completion
+# ==============================================================================
+cli.add_command(completion)
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Command: version
+# ==============================================================================
+@cli.command("version", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_VERSION)
+def version():
+    return
+
+
+# The plugins command is registered as a built-in command, before any external
+# command, so that an installed package can never replace it.
+cli.add_command(plugins)
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Entry point of the mvt console script
+# ==============================================================================
+def main() -> None:
+    """Register the external commands and run the mvt CLI.
+
+    External commands are registered here rather than when this module is
+    imported, so that importing MVT never runs third-party code and a plugin
+    importing from MVT cannot re-enter a module that is still initializing.
+    """
+    register_cli_plugins(
+        cli,
+        entry_point_group=NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+        environment_variable=MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+    )
+    cli()

src/mvt/common/cli_plugins.py

@@ -15,10 +15,20 @@ from typing import Iterable
 
 import click
 
+# This module is imported by every CLI at start-up, and by shell completion on
+# every keystroke, so it must stay cheap: nothing here may import the module
+# machinery (mvt.common.module_loader and what it pulls in).
+
 IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP = "mvt.ios.cli_plugins"
 ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP = "mvt.android.cli_plugins"
+# Commands in this group are registered on the platform-neutral mvt command only.
+NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP = "mvt.cli_plugins"
+MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV = "MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS"
 MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV = "MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS"
 MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV = "MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS"
+# Prefix of the import name given to a command file loaded from a path. Shared
+# with module_loader, which recognises such files when naming their loggers.
+CUSTOM_COMMAND_MODULE_PREFIX = "_mvt_custom_command_"
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -54,7 +64,7 @@ class BrokenPluginCommand(click.Command):
 
 def _module_name_for_path(path: Path) -> str:
     digest = hashlib.sha256(str(path).encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:16]
-    return f"_mvt_custom_command_{path.stem}_{digest}"
+    return f"{CUSTOM_COMMAND_MODULE_PREFIX}{path.stem}_{digest}"
 
 
 def _iter_command_files(path: Path) -> Iterable[Path]:
@@ -255,6 +265,16 @@ def register_cli_plugins(
     entry_point_group: str,
     environment_variable: str,
 ) -> None:
+    """Register the external commands of one CLI on its group.
+
+    Each CLI has one entry-point group and one environment variable of its
+    own, so a command package chooses the CLIs its commands are added to.
+
+    :param group: CLI group to register the external commands on.
+    :param entry_point_group: Entry-point group of the CLI.
+    :param environment_variable: Name of the environment variable holding a
+                                 path to load commands from.
+    """
     environment_path = os.environ.get(environment_variable)
     if environment_path:
         register_cli_commands_from_path(group, environment_path)

src/mvt/common/cmd_check_iocs.py

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class CmdCheckIOCS(Command):
             if entry not in all_modules:
                 all_modules.append(entry)
 
+        # Read the indicators once, so that a missing indicators file is
+        # reported even when no stored result matches a module.
+        iocs = self.iocs
+
         log.info("Checking stored results against provided indicators...")
 
         total_detections = 0
@@ -83,8 +87,8 @@ class CmdCheckIOCS(Command):
                     log.warning("No result from this module, skipping it")
                     continue
 
-                if self.iocs.total_ioc_count > 0:
-                    m.indicators = self.iocs
+                if iocs.total_ioc_count > 0:
+                    m.indicators = iocs
                     m.indicators.log = m.log
 
                 try:

src/mvt/common/cmd_plugins.py

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import importlib.metadata
+import logging
+from typing import Optional
+
+import click
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
+
+from .cli_plugins import (
+    ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+)
+from .config import settings
+from .help import (
+    HELP_MSG_PLUGINS,
+    HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_CHECK_UPDATES,
+    HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_LIST,
+)
+from .module import MVTModule
+from .module_loader import MODULES_ENTRY_POINT_GROUP, distribution_direct_url
+from .updates import (
+    SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH,
+    PluginUpdates,
+    installed_plugin_distributions,
+)
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+CLI_PLUGIN_GROUPS = (
+    IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+)
+CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=["-h", "--help"])
+
+
+def _entry_points(group: str) -> list[importlib.metadata.EntryPoint]:
+    try:
+        return list(importlib.metadata.entry_points(group=group))
+    except Exception as exc:
+        log.warning("Unable to discover the entry points in group %s: %s", group, exc)
+        return []
+
+
+def _entry_point_distribution(
+    entry_point: importlib.metadata.EntryPoint,
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    dist = getattr(entry_point, "dist", None)
+    if dist is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return dist.name
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def _distribution_version(dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution) -> str:
+    try:
+        return dist.version or "unknown"
+    except Exception:
+        return "unknown"
+
+
+def _distribution_origin(dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution) -> str:
+    """Describe where a plugin package was installed from."""
+    direct_url = distribution_direct_url(dist)
+    if direct_url is None:
+        return "pypi"
+
+    vcs_info = direct_url.get("vcs_info")
+    if isinstance(vcs_info, dict):
+        commit = vcs_info.get("commit_id") or ""
+        if commit:
+            return f"git+{commit[:SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH]}"
+        return "git"
+
+    return "local"
+
+
+def _contributed_modules(
+    entry_points: list[importlib.metadata.EntryPoint], distribution: str
+) -> str:
+    """Count the forensic modules a plugin package contributes.
+
+    Entry points are resolved the way MVT resolves them when it loads
+    modules, but a broken entry point is reported instead of raising: listing
+    the installed plugins must work even when one of them is faulty.
+    """
+    count = 0
+    broken = False
+
+    for entry_point in entry_points:
+        if _entry_point_distribution(entry_point) != distribution:
+            continue
+        try:
+            loaded = entry_point.load()
+            if callable(loaded) and not isinstance(loaded, type):
+                loaded = loaded()
+            count += sum(
+                1
+                for module in loaded
+                if isinstance(module, type) and issubclass(module, MVTModule)
+            )
+        except (Exception, SystemExit) as exc:
+            log.debug(
+                "Unable to load the modules of entry point %s (%s): %s",
+                entry_point.name,
+                entry_point.value,
+                exc,
+            )
+            broken = True
+
+    if broken:
+        return f"{count} (error)" if count else "error"
+
+    return str(count)
+
+
+def _contributed_commands(
+    entry_points: list[importlib.metadata.EntryPoint], distribution: str
+) -> str:
+    names = {
+        entry_point.name
+        for entry_point in entry_points
+        if _entry_point_distribution(entry_point) == distribution
+    }
+
+    return ", ".join(sorted(names)) if names else "-"
+
+
+@click.group("plugins", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_PLUGINS)
+def plugins() -> None:
+    pass
+
+
+@plugins.command("list", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_LIST)
+def list_plugins() -> None:
+    distributions = installed_plugin_distributions()
+    if not distributions:
+        click.echo("No MVT plugins are installed.")
+        return
+
+    module_entry_points = _entry_points(MODULES_ENTRY_POINT_GROUP)
+    command_entry_points = []
+    for group in CLI_PLUGIN_GROUPS:
+        command_entry_points.extend(_entry_points(group))
+
+    table = Table(title="Installed MVT plugins")
+    table.add_column("Name", style="bold")
+    table.add_column("Version")
+    table.add_column("Origin")
+    table.add_column("Modules", justify="right")
+    table.add_column("Commands")
+
+    for dist in distributions:
+        name = dist.name
+        table.add_row(
+            name,
+            _distribution_version(dist),
+            _distribution_origin(dist),
+            _contributed_modules(module_entry_points, name),
+            _contributed_commands(command_entry_points, name),
+        )
+
+    Console().print(table)
+
+
+@plugins.command(
+    "check-updates",
+    context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS,
+    help=HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_CHECK_UPDATES,
+    short_help="Check the installed plugins for updates",
+)
+def check_plugin_updates() -> None:
+    if not settings.NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED:
+        click.echo(
+            "Network access is disabled, cannot check for plugin updates. "
+            "Enable NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED in the MVT configuration to check."
+        )
+        return
+
+    if not installed_plugin_distributions():
+        click.echo("No MVT plugins are installed.")
+        return
+
+    findings = PluginUpdates().check()
+    if not findings:
+        click.echo("All plugins are up to date.")
+        return
+
+    click.echo("Plugin updates available:")
+    for finding in findings:
+        click.echo(f"  {finding['name']}  {finding['installed']} → {finding['latest']}")
+        click.echo(f"    Upgrade with: {finding['upgrade_command']}")
+
+    click.echo(
+        "\nMVT does not install plugin updates. Run the command above when you "
+        "decide to upgrade."
+    )

src/mvt/common/command.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
+from functools import cached_property
 from heapq import heappop, heappush
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ class Command:
         # down a password to decrypt a backup or flags which are need by some modules.
         self.module_options = module_options if module_options else {}
 
+        # This dictionary maps the modules which were replaced by a module
+        # declaring `replaces` to the module which took their place.
+        self.module_replacements: dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]] = {}
+
         # This list will contain all executed modules.
         # We can use this to reference e.g. self.executed[0].results.
         self.executed: list[MVTModule] = []
@@ -80,18 +85,18 @@ class Command:
         self.timeline: ModuleTimeline = []
         self.url_results: list[URLResult] = []
 
-        # Load IOCs
-        self._create_storage()
-        self._setup_logging()
-
         if iocs is not None:
             self.iocs = iocs
-        else:
-            self.iocs = Indicators(self.log)
-            self.iocs.load_indicators_files(self.ioc_files)
 
         self.alertstore = AlertStore()
 
+    @cached_property
+    def iocs(self) -> Indicators:
+        """Load indicators on first use. Nested commands share their parent's."""
+        iocs = Indicators(self.log)
+        iocs.load_indicators_files(self.ioc_files)
+        return iocs
+
     def _create_storage(self) -> None:
         if self.results_path and not os.path.exists(self.results_path):
             try:
@@ -257,7 +262,174 @@ class Command:
             if module not in deduplicated:
                 deduplicated.append(module)
 
-        return deduplicated
+        available = self._apply_replacements(deduplicated)
+        self._warn_about_slug_collisions(available)
+
+        return available
+
+    def _warn_about_slug_collisions(self, modules: list[type[MVTModule]]) -> None:
+        """Report modules writing their results to the same file.
+
+        Results are stored in a file named after the module slug, so two
+        modules sharing one silently overwrite each other. Replacements are
+        already resolved here, so a module deliberately taking over the slug
+        of the module it replaces is not reported: the module it replaced is
+        no longer part of the run.
+        """
+        modules_by_slug: dict[str, type[MVTModule]] = {}
+        for module in modules:
+            slug = module.get_slug()
+            first = modules_by_slug.setdefault(slug, module)
+            if first is module:
+                continue
+
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Modules %s from %s and %s from %s both use the slug %s. If "
+                "both run, whichever runs last overwrites the results of the "
+                "other in %s.json.",
+                first.__name__,
+                get_module_origin(first).label,
+                module.__name__,
+                get_module_origin(module).label,
+                slug,
+                slug,
+            )
+
+    def _declared_replacements(
+        self, modules: list[type[MVTModule]]
+    ) -> dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]]:
+        """Return the replacements declared by the given modules."""
+        replacements: dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]] = {}
+        for module in modules:
+            replaced = module.replaces
+            if replaced is None or replaced is module:
+                continue
+
+            if not module.enabled:
+                # Replacing a module must not disable it, as a disabled
+                # replacement never runs in its place.
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Module %s is disabled and does not replace module %s.",
+                    module.__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                )
+                continue
+
+            if replaced not in modules:
+                # A module can support several commands while the module it
+                # replaces is only available in some of them.
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Module %s replaces module %s, which is not available "
+                    "for the %s command.",
+                    module.__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                    self.name,
+                )
+                continue
+
+            if replaced in replacements:
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Modules %s and %s both replace module %s. Both of them "
+                    "will run, %s will not, and modules depending on %s will "
+                    "use the results of %s. Replacements which share the slug "
+                    "of %s overwrite each other's results file.",
+                    replacements[replaced].__name__,
+                    module.__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                    replacements[replaced].__name__,
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                )
+                continue
+
+            replacements[replaced] = module
+
+        return replacements
+
+    def _drop_replacement_cycles(
+        self, replacements: dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]]
+    ) -> None:
+        """Undo the replacements between modules which replace each other."""
+        cyclic: set[type[MVTModule]] = set()
+        for replaced in replacements:
+            walked: list[type[MVTModule]] = []
+            module = replaced
+            while module in replacements and module not in cyclic:
+                if module in walked:
+                    cyclic.update(walked[walked.index(module) :])
+                    break
+                walked.append(module)
+                module = replacements[module]
+
+        if not cyclic:
+            return
+
+        self.log.warning(
+            "Modules %s replace each other in a cycle. None of them replaces "
+            "anything and all of them will run.",
+            ", ".join(sorted(module.__name__ for module in cyclic)),
+        )
+        for module in cyclic:
+            replacements.pop(module, None)
+
+    def _log_replacement(
+        self,
+        replaced: type[MVTModule],
+        module: type[MVTModule],
+        replacement: type[MVTModule],
+    ) -> None:
+        """Report an applied replacement, and any problem with it."""
+        if not issubclass(module, replaced):
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Module %s replaces module %s but is not a subclass of it. "
+                "Its results might not be compatible with what modules "
+                "depending on %s expect.",
+                module.__name__,
+                replaced.__name__,
+                replaced.__name__,
+            )
+
+        if replaced in module.dependencies:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Module %s depends on module %s, which it also replaces. The "
+                "dependency cannot be satisfied: a replacement has to produce "
+                "that data itself.",
+                module.__name__,
+                replaced.__name__,
+            )
+
+        self.log.info(
+            "Module %s from %s replaces module %s from %s.",
+            replacement.__name__,
+            get_module_origin(replacement).label,
+            replaced.__name__,
+            get_module_origin(replaced).label,
+        )
+
+    def _apply_replacements(
+        self, modules: list[type[MVTModule]]
+    ) -> list[type[MVTModule]]:
+        """Drop the modules superseded by a module declaring `replaces`."""
+        declared = self._declared_replacements(modules)
+        self._drop_replacement_cycles(declared)
+
+        replacements: dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]] = {}
+        for replaced, module in declared.items():
+            # Follow chains of replacements, so that a dependency on a
+            # replaced module always resolves to a module which is part of
+            # the run.
+            replacement = module
+            while replacement in declared:
+                replacement = declared[replacement]
+
+            # Only the replacements which are applied are reported, so that
+            # the record matches the modules which actually run.
+            self._log_replacement(replaced, module, replacement)
+            replacements[replaced] = replacement
+
+        self.module_replacements = replacements
+        return [module for module in modules if module not in replacements]
 
     def init(self) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -317,42 +489,196 @@ class Command:
         console.print("")
         console.print(panel)
 
+    def _module_dependencies(
+        self, module: type[MVTModule]
+    ) -> list[tuple[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]]]:
+        """Return the (declared, resolved) dependencies of a module.
+
+        A dependency on a module which was replaced is resolved to the module
+        which took its place. A module which replaces one of its own
+        dependencies is not made to depend on itself, while a module which
+        declares itself as a dependency is left alone and still fails the
+        circular dependency check.
+        """
+        dependencies = []
+        for dependency in module.dependencies:
+            resolved = self.module_replacements.get(dependency, dependency)
+            if resolved is module and dependency is not module:
+                continue
+            dependencies.append((dependency, resolved))
+
+        return dependencies
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _dependency_name(
+        declared: type[MVTModule], resolved: type[MVTModule]
+    ) -> str:
+        """Return how a dependency is named in the messages about it.
+
+        A dependency is named as the module which declared it wrote it, and,
+        when that module was replaced, as the module which runs in its place.
+        """
+        if declared is resolved:
+            return declared.__name__
+
+        return f"{resolved.__name__} (replacing module {declared.__name__})"
+
+    def _selected_modules(
+        self, modules: list[type[MVTModule]]
+    ) -> Optional[list[type[MVTModule]]]:
+        """Return the modules explicitly requested, or all the enabled ones.
+
+        Returns None when a module was requested by name and no module of
+        that name can be run.
+        """
+        if not self.module_name:
+            return [module for module in modules if module.enabled]
+
+        selected = [
+            module for module in modules if module.__name__ == self.module_name
+        ]
+
+        # A module replacing another one does not have to keep its name, so
+        # the name of a replaced module selects its replacement.
+        if not selected:
+            for replaced, replacement in self.module_replacements.items():
+                if replaced.__name__ != self.module_name or replacement in selected:
+                    continue
+                self.log.info(
+                    "Module %s was replaced by module %s, which is run "
+                    "in its place.",
+                    replaced.__name__,
+                    replacement.__name__,
+                )
+                selected.append(replacement)
+
+        if not selected:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "No module named %s is available for the %s command. "
+                "No modules will be run.",
+                self.module_name,
+                self.name,
+            )
+            return None
+
+        return selected
+
+    def _skipped_modules(
+        self,
+        required: list[type[MVTModule]],
+        module_indexes: dict[type[MVTModule], int],
+    ) -> dict[type[MVTModule], tuple[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]]]:
+        """Return the modules to drop because a dependency is unavailable.
+
+        A module declaring a dependency this command cannot provide is unable
+        to run, and so is every module depending on it. Dropping only those
+        keeps a single wrong declaration - in a module scoped to several
+        commands, for example - from silencing an entire analysis.
+
+        The returned mapping gives, for each skipped module, the module which
+        is missing a dependency and the dependency it is missing.
+        """
+        skipped: dict[type[MVTModule], tuple[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]]] = {}
+        # Skipping the one module a run was asked for leaves nothing to run,
+        # which the caller reports instead.
+        remainder = (
+            "" if self.module_name else " The rest of the analysis will still run."
+        )
+
+        # Skipping one module can skip the modules depending on it, which the
+        # pass over the module list may already have gone past, so repeat the
+        # pass until nothing changes.
+        changed = True
+        while changed:
+            changed = False
+            for module in required:
+                if module in skipped:
+                    continue
+
+                for declared, dependency in self._module_dependencies(module):
+                    if dependency not in module_indexes:
+                        # A replaced dependency always resolves to a module of
+                        # this command, so an unavailable one is always the
+                        # module class the author declared.
+                        skipped[module] = (module, declared)
+                        changed = True
+                        self.log.warning(
+                            "Module %s will be SKIPPED: it depends on module "
+                            "%s, which is not available in this command.%s",
+                            module.__name__,
+                            declared.__name__,
+                            remainder,
+                        )
+                        break
+
+                    if dependency in skipped:
+                        root, missing = skipped[dependency]
+                        skipped[module] = (root, missing)
+                        changed = True
+                        if dependency is root:
+                            self.log.warning(
+                                "Module %s will be SKIPPED: it depends on "
+                                "module %s, itself skipped for depending on "
+                                "unavailable module %s.%s",
+                                module.__name__,
+                                self._dependency_name(declared, dependency),
+                                missing.__name__,
+                                remainder,
+                            )
+                        else:
+                            self.log.warning(
+                                "Module %s will be SKIPPED: it depends on "
+                                "skipped module %s, in a chain starting at "
+                                "module %s, which depends on unavailable "
+                                "module %s.%s",
+                                module.__name__,
+                                self._dependency_name(declared, dependency),
+                                root.__name__,
+                                missing.__name__,
+                                remainder,
+                            )
+                        break
+
+        return skipped
+
     def _ordered_modules(self) -> Optional[list[type[MVTModule]]]:
         """Return enabled modules in stable topological order."""
         modules = self._available_modules()
         module_indexes = {module: index for index, module in enumerate(modules)}
 
-        if self.module_name:
-            selected = [
-                module for module in modules if module.__name__ == self.module_name
-            ]
-        else:
-            selected = [module for module in modules if module.enabled]
+        selected = self._selected_modules(modules)
+        if selected is None:
+            return None
 
-        required = set(selected)
+        required: set[type[MVTModule]] = set()
         pending = list(selected)
         while pending:
             module = pending.pop()
-            for dependency in module.dependencies:
-                if dependency not in module_indexes:
-                    self.log.warning(
-                        "Module %s depends on unavailable module %s. "
-                        "No modules will be run.",
-                        module.__name__,
-                        dependency.__name__,
-                    )
-                    return None
-                if dependency not in required:
-                    required.add(dependency)
+            if module in required:
+                continue
+            required.add(module)
+            for _, dependency in self._module_dependencies(module):
+                # Unavailable dependencies are reported by _skipped_modules().
+                if dependency in module_indexes:
                     pending.append(dependency)
 
+        ordered_required = sorted(required, key=lambda module: module_indexes[module])
+        skipped = self._skipped_modules(ordered_required, module_indexes)
+        runnable = [module for module in ordered_required if module not in skipped]
+        if skipped and not runnable:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Every selected module was skipped for an unavailable "
+                "dependency. No modules will be run."
+            )
+            return None
+
         dependents: dict[type[MVTModule], list[type[MVTModule]]] = {
-            module: [] for module in required
+            module: [] for module in runnable
         }
-        indegree = {module: 0 for module in required}
-        for module in required:
-            for dependency in module.dependencies:
-                if dependency not in required:
+        indegree = {module: 0 for module in runnable}
+        for module in runnable:
+            for _, dependency in self._module_dependencies(module):
+                if dependency not in indegree:
                     continue
                 dependents[dependency].append(module)
                 indegree[module] += 1
@@ -371,7 +697,7 @@ class Command:
                 if indegree[dependent] == 0:
                     heappush(ready, (module_indexes[dependent], dependent))
 
-        if len(ordered) != len(required):
+        if len(ordered) != len(runnable):
             cyclic_modules = sorted(
                 (module.__name__ for module, count in indegree.items() if count > 0)
             )
@@ -385,17 +711,30 @@ class Command:
         return ordered
 
     def run(self) -> None:
+        # The output folder and its command.log exist for a run, so that
+        # listing modules or rejecting a target leaves nothing behind.
+        # Resolving the module list can warn, so the log comes first.
+        self._create_storage()
+        self._setup_logging()
+
         ordered_modules = self._ordered_modules()
         if ordered_modules is None:
             return
 
-        self._log_loaded_modules(ordered_modules)
+        # Read the indicators once the run is certain to happen, before
+        # init() does any work on the target, so that a missing indicators
+        # file is reported first and every module gets the same object.
+        iocs = self.iocs
 
+        # Commands announce their target from init(), so it goes before the
+        # module list.
         try:
             self.init()
         except NotImplementedError:
             pass
 
+        self._log_loaded_modules(ordered_modules)
+
         executed_by_type: dict[type[MVTModule], MVTModule] = {}
         for module in ordered_modules:
 
@@ -407,13 +746,16 @@ class Command:
                 module_options=self.module_options,
                 log=module_logger,
             )
+            # Dependencies are keyed by the module class they declare, even
+            # when it was replaced, so that a module asking for the results
+            # of a replaced module receives those of its replacement.
             m.dependency_modules = {
-                dependency: executed_by_type[dependency]
-                for dependency in module.dependencies
+                dependency: executed_by_type[resolved]
+                for dependency, resolved in self._module_dependencies(module)
             }
 
-            if self.iocs.total_ioc_count:
-                m.indicators = self.iocs
+            if iocs.total_ioc_count:
+                m.indicators = iocs
                 m.indicators.log = m.log
 
             if self.serial:

src/mvt/common/completion.py

@@ -9,34 +9,83 @@ import shlex
 import click
 from click.shell_completion import get_completion_class
 
+from .help import HELP_MSG_COMPLETION
+
 
 SUPPORTED_SHELLS = ("bash", "zsh", "fish")
+CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=["-h", "--help"])
 
+COMPLETION_INSTRUCTIONS = """Shell completion for mvt, mvt-ios and mvt-android
 
-def completion_instructions(program_name: str) -> str:
-    return f"""Shell completion for {program_name}
-
-Print a completion script:
-  {program_name} completion bash > ~/.{program_name}-complete.bash
-  {program_name} completion zsh > ~/.{program_name}-complete.zsh
-  mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/completions
-  {program_name} completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/{program_name}.fish
+Print one completion script covering the three commands:
+  mvt completion bash > ~/.mvt-complete.bash
+  mvt completion zsh > ~/.mvt-complete.zsh
+  mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/conf.d
+  mvt completion fish > ~/.config/fish/conf.d/mvt-completion.fish
 
 Load the generated Bash script from ~/.bashrc:
-  [ -f ~/.{program_name}-complete.bash ] && . ~/.{program_name}-complete.bash
+  [ -f ~/.mvt-complete.bash ] && . ~/.mvt-complete.bash
 
 Load the generated Zsh script from ~/.zshrc:
-  [ -f ~/.{program_name}-complete.zsh ] && . ~/.{program_name}-complete.zsh
+  [ -f ~/.mvt-complete.zsh ] && . ~/.mvt-complete.zsh
 
-Fish loads completion files from ~/.config/fish/completions automatically.
+Fish loads the files in ~/.config/fish/conf.d automatically.
 
-To write these files and update Bash/Zsh shell configuration automatically:
-  {program_name} completion bash --install
-  {program_name} completion zsh --install
-  {program_name} completion fish --install
+To write these files and update the Bash/Zsh shell configuration automatically:
+  mvt completion bash --install
+  mvt completion zsh --install
+  mvt completion fish --install
 """
 
 
+def _mvt_programs() -> list[tuple[str, click.Command]]:
+    """Return the console script name and CLI group of every MVT program.
+
+    The three CLIs are imported here rather than at module level: mvt.cli
+    imports this module while it is being defined, and generating a completion
+    script should not make the start-up of `mvt` import the platform CLIs.
+    """
+    from mvt.android.cli import cli as android_cli
+    from mvt.cli import cli as mvt_cli
+    from mvt.ios.cli import cli as ios_cli
+
+    return [("mvt", mvt_cli), ("mvt-ios", ios_cli), ("mvt-android", android_cli)]
+
+
+@click.command(
+    "completion",
+    context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS,
+    help=HELP_MSG_COMPLETION,
+    short_help="Generate or install shell completion",
+)
+@click.argument("shell", required=False, type=click.Choice(SUPPORTED_SHELLS))
+@click.option(
+    "--install",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Write completion files and update shell configuration.",
+)
+def completion(shell, install):
+    if shell is None:
+        if install:
+            raise click.UsageError("A shell is required when using --install.")
+        click.echo(COMPLETION_INSTRUCTIONS)
+        return
+
+    if install:
+        script_path = install_completion_script(shell)
+        click.echo(
+            f"Installed {shell} completion for mvt, mvt-ios and mvt-android "
+            f"to {script_path}"
+        )
+        if shell in ("bash", "zsh"):
+            click.echo(f"Updated ~/.{shell}rc")
+        else:
+            click.echo("Fish loads the files in ~/.config/fish/conf.d automatically.")
+        return
+
+    click.echo(generate_mvt_completion_script(shell))
+
+
 def generate_completion_script(cli: click.Command, program_name: str, shell: str) -> str:
     completion_class = get_completion_class(shell)
     if completion_class is None:
@@ -46,41 +95,49 @@ def generate_completion_script(cli: click.Command, program_name: str, shell: str
     return completion_class(cli, {}, program_name, complete_var).source()
 
 
-def install_completion_script(
-    cli: click.Command,
-    program_name: str,
-    shell: str,
-) -> Path:
-    script = generate_completion_script(cli, program_name, shell)
-    script_path = _completion_script_path(program_name, shell)
+def generate_mvt_completion_script(shell: str) -> str:
+    """Return one script completing every MVT command.
+
+    Click names the completion function of each program after the program, so
+    the scripts of the three commands can simply be concatenated.
+    """
+    scripts = [
+        generate_completion_script(cli, program_name, shell).strip("\n")
+        for program_name, cli in _mvt_programs()
+    ]
+    return "\n\n".join(scripts)
+
+
+def install_completion_script(shell: str) -> Path:
+    script = generate_mvt_completion_script(shell)
+    script_path = _completion_script_path(shell)
     script_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    script_path.write_text(script, encoding="utf-8")
+    script_path.write_text(f"{script}\n", encoding="utf-8")
 
     if shell in ("bash", "zsh"):
-        _install_shell_source_line(program_name, shell, script_path)
+        _install_shell_source_line(shell, script_path)
 
     return script_path
 
 
-def _completion_script_path(program_name: str, shell: str) -> Path:
+def _completion_script_path(shell: str) -> Path:
     home = Path.home()
 
     if shell == "fish":
-        return home / ".config" / "fish" / "completions" / f"{program_name}.fish"
+        # conf.d is sourced when the shell starts, unlike the completions
+        # folder, whose files fish loads on demand by command name.
+        return home / ".config" / "fish" / "conf.d" / "mvt-completion.fish"
 
-    return home / f".{program_name}-complete.{shell}"
+    return home / f".mvt-complete.{shell}"
 
 
-def _install_shell_source_line(program_name: str, shell: str, script_path: Path) -> None:
+def _install_shell_source_line(shell: str, script_path: Path) -> None:
     shell_config_path = Path.home() / f".{shell}rc"
     source_line = (
         f"[ -f {shlex.quote(str(script_path))} ] && "
         f". {shlex.quote(str(script_path))}"
     )
-    block = (
-        f"# MVT shell completion for {program_name}\n"
-        f"{source_line}\n"
-    )
+    block = f"# MVT shell completion\n{source_line}\n"
 
     if shell_config_path.exists():
         shell_config = shell_config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")

src/mvt/common/config.py

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ from pydantic_settings import (
     YamlConfigSettingsSource,
 )
 
-MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER = user_config_dir("mvt")
+# MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER in the environment relocates the settings file, so that
+# a test run or a scripted install never touches the user's own.
+MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER = os.environ.get("MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER") or user_config_dir("mvt")
 MVT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER, "config.yaml")
 
 
@@ -59,13 +61,16 @@ class MVTSettings(BaseSettings):
         dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
         file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
     ) -> Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
-        yaml_source = YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, MVT_CONFIG_PATH)
         sources: Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...] = (
-            yaml_source,
+            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, MVT_CONFIG_PATH),
             init_settings,
         )
-        # Always load env variables by default
-        sources = (env_settings,) + sources
+        # Load env variables only when asked to. initialise() constructs the
+        # settings once without them so that what gets written back to
+        # config.yaml never includes values taken from the environment.
+        # init_settings() returns the keyword arguments passed to the constructor.
+        if init_settings().get("load_env", True):
+            sources = (env_settings,) + sources
         return sources
 
     def save_settings(
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ class MVTSettings(BaseSettings):
 
         Afterwards we load the settings again, this time including the env variables.
         """
-        # Set invalid env prefix to avoid loading env variables.
+        # Construct the settings without env variables so they are not persisted.
         settings = cls(load_env=False)
         settings.save_settings()
 

src/mvt/common/help.py

@@ -17,17 +17,29 @@ HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE = (
 HELP_MSG_NONINTERACTIVE = "Don't ask interactive questions during processing"
 HELP_MSG_HASHES = "Generate hashes of all the files analyzed"
 HELP_MSG_VERBOSE = "Verbose mode"
+HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND = (
+    "Verbose mode (kept for compatibility, pass --verbose before the command "
+    "name instead)"
+)
 HELP_MSG_CHECK_IOCS = "Compare stored JSON results to provided indicators"
 HELP_MSG_STIX2 = "Download public STIX2 indicators"
 HELP_MSG_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK = "Disable MVT version update check"
 HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK = "Disable indicators update check"
-HELP_MSG_COMPLETION = "Generate or install shell completion"
+HELP_MSG_COMPLETION = (
+    "Generate or install shell completion for mvt, mvt-ios and mvt-android"
+)
+HELP_MSG_PLUGINS = "Inspect the installed MVT plugin packages"
+HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_LIST = "List the installed plugins and what they contribute to MVT"
+HELP_MSG_PLUGINS_CHECK_UPDATES = (
+    "Check the installed plugins for updates without installing them"
+)
 
 # IOS Specific
 HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_BACKUP = "Decrypt an encrypted iTunes backup"
 HELP_MSG_BACKUP_DESTINATION = (
     "Path to the folder where the decrypted backup should be stored"
 )
+HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_JOBS = "Number of files to decrypt concurrently"
 HELP_MSG_IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD = (
     "Password to use to decrypt the backup (or, set the {MVT_IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD} "
     "environment variable)"

src/mvt/common/indicators.py

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ from appdirs import user_data_dir
 from .config import settings
 from .url import URL
 
-MVT_DATA_FOLDER = user_data_dir("mvt")
+# MVT_DATA_FOLDER in the environment relocates the downloaded indicators and
+# the update-check state kept next to them.
+MVT_DATA_FOLDER = os.environ.get("MVT_DATA_FOLDER") or user_data_dir("mvt")
 MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER = os.path.join(MVT_DATA_FOLDER, "indicators")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ class Indicators:
             if os.path.isfile(path) and path.lower().endswith(".stix2"):
                 self.parse_stix2(path)
             elif os.path.isdir(path):
-                for file in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "**", "*.stix2"), recursive=True):
+                for file in glob.glob(
+                    os.path.join(path, "**", "*.stix2"), recursive=True
+                ):
                     self.parse_stix2(file)
             else:
                 self.log.error(
@@ -518,9 +522,7 @@ class Indicators:
         the original URL order.
         """
         batches = [list(urls) if urls else [] for urls in url_batches]
-        unique_urls = list(
-            dict.fromkeys(url for urls in batches for url in urls)
-        )
+        unique_urls = list(dict.fromkeys(url for urls in batches for url in urls))
 
         if not unique_urls:
             return [None] * len(batches)

src/mvt/common/logo.py

@@ -8,10 +8,125 @@ import logging
 import requests
 from rich import print as rich_print
 
-from .updates import IndicatorsUpdates, MVTUpdates
+from .config import settings
+from .updates import (
+    IndicatorsUpdates,
+    MVTUpdates,
+    PluginUpdates,
+    installed_plugin_distributions,
+)
 from .version import MVT_VERSION
 
 
+def _check_version_updates(log: logging.Logger) -> None:
+    try:
+        mvt_updates = MVTUpdates()
+        latest_version = mvt_updates.check()
+    except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
+        rich_print(
+            "\t[bold]Note: Could not check for MVT updates.[/bold] "
+            "You may be working offline. Please update MVT regularly."
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error("Error encountered when trying to check latest MVT version: %s", e)
+    else:
+        if latest_version:
+            rich_print(
+                f"\t[bold]Version {latest_version} is available! "
+                "Upgrade mvt with `pip3 install -U mvt` or with `pipx upgrade mvt`[/bold]"
+            )
+
+
+def _check_indicator_updates(log: logging.Logger) -> None:
+    ioc_updates = IndicatorsUpdates()
+
+    # Before proceeding, we check if we have downloaded an indicators index.
+    # If not, there's no point in proceeding with the updates check.
+    if ioc_updates.get_latest_update() == 0:
+        rich_print(
+            "\t[bold]You have not yet downloaded any indicators, check "
+            "the `download-iocs` command![/bold]"
+        )
+        return
+
+    # We only perform this check at a fixed frequency, in order to not
+    # overburden the user with too many lookups if the command is being run
+    # multiple times.
+    should_check, hours = ioc_updates.should_check()
+    if not should_check:
+        rich_print(
+            f"\tIndicators updates checked recently, next automatic check "
+            f"in {int(hours)} hours"
+        )
+        return
+
+    try:
+        ioc_to_update = ioc_updates.check()
+    except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
+        rich_print(
+            "\t[bold]Note: Could not check for indicator updates.[/bold] "
+            "You may be working offline. Please update MVT indicators regularly."
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error("Error encountered when trying to check latest MVT indicators: %s", e)
+    else:
+        if ioc_to_update:
+            rich_print(
+                "\t[bold]There are updates to your indicators files! "
+                "Run the `download-iocs` command to update![/bold]"
+            )
+        else:
+            rich_print("\tYour indicators files seem to be up to date.")
+
+
+def _print_plugin_updates(findings: list) -> None:
+    if not findings:
+        return
+
+    rich_print("\t[bold]Plugin updates available:[/bold]")
+    for finding in findings:
+        rich_print(
+            f"\t  {finding['name']}  {finding['installed']} → "
+            f"{finding['latest']}   ({finding['upgrade_command']})"
+        )
+
+
+def _check_plugin_updates(log: logging.Logger) -> None:
+    if not settings.NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED:
+        return
+
+    # This runs on every command, so nothing here, including reading back what
+    # the latest check stored, may ever interrupt MVT.
+    try:
+        distributions = installed_plugin_distributions()
+
+        # There is nothing to check when MVT was not extended with any plugin.
+        if not distributions:
+            return
+
+        plugin_updates = PluginUpdates()
+
+        # We only perform this check at a fixed frequency, in order to not
+        # overburden the user (and the plugin repositories) with too many
+        # lookups. In between checks we print the findings of the latest one,
+        # leaving out those which no longer apply to what is installed.
+        should_check, _ = plugin_updates.should_check()
+        if not should_check:
+            _print_plugin_updates(plugin_updates.current_findings(distributions))
+            return
+
+        findings = plugin_updates.check()
+    except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
+        rich_print(
+            "\t[bold]Note: Could not check for plugin updates.[/bold] "
+            "You may be working offline. Please update your MVT plugins regularly."
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error("Error encountered when trying to check MVT plugin updates: %s", e)
+    else:
+        _print_plugin_updates(findings)
+
+
 def check_updates(
     disable_version_check: bool = False, disable_indicator_check: bool = False
 ) -> None:
@@ -19,77 +134,25 @@ def check_updates(
 
     # First we check for MVT version updates.
     if not disable_version_check:
-        try:
-            mvt_updates = MVTUpdates()
-            latest_version = mvt_updates.check()
-        except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
-            rich_print(
-                "\t\t[bold]Note: Could not check for MVT updates.[/bold] "
-                "You may be working offline. Please update MVT regularly."
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            log.error(
-                "Error encountered when trying to check latest MVT version: %s", e
-            )
-        else:
-            if latest_version:
-                rich_print(
-                    f"\t\t[bold]Version {latest_version} is available! "
-                    "Upgrade mvt with `pip3 install -U mvt` or with `pipx upgrade mvt`[/bold]"
-                )
+        _check_version_updates(log)
 
     # Then we check for indicators files updates.
     if not disable_indicator_check:
-        ioc_updates = IndicatorsUpdates()
+        _check_indicator_updates(log)
 
-        # Before proceeding, we check if we have downloaded an indicators index.
-        # If not, there's no point in proceeding with the updates check.
-        if ioc_updates.get_latest_update() == 0:
-            rich_print(
-                "\t\t[bold]You have not yet downloaded any indicators, check "
-                "the `download-iocs` command![/bold]"
-            )
-            return
-
-        # We only perform this check at a fixed frequency, in order to not
-        # overburden the user with too many lookups if the command is being run
-        # multiple times.
-        should_check, hours = ioc_updates.should_check()
-        if not should_check:
-            rich_print(
-                f"\t\tIndicators updates checked recently, next automatic check "
-                f"in {int(hours)} hours"
-            )
-            return
-
-        try:
-            ioc_to_update = ioc_updates.check()
-        except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.Timeout):
-            rich_print(
-                "\t\t[bold]Note: Could not check for indicator updates.[/bold] "
-                "You may be working offline. Please update MVT indicators regularly."
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            log.error(
-                "Error encountered when trying to check latest MVT indicators: %s", e
-            )
-        else:
-            if ioc_to_update:
-                rich_print(
-                    "\t\t[bold]There are updates to your indicators files! "
-                    "Run the `download-iocs` command to update![/bold]"
-                )
-            else:
-                rich_print("\t\tYour indicators files seem to be up to date.")
+    # Finally we check for updates to the installed plugin packages. MVT never
+    # installs an update itself, it only reports the command which does.
+    if not disable_version_check:
+        _check_plugin_updates(log)
 
 
 def logo(
     disable_version_check: bool = False, disable_indicator_check: bool = False
 ) -> None:
     rich_print("\n")
-    rich_print("\t[bold]MVT[/bold] - Mobile Verification Toolkit")
-    rich_print("\t\thttps://mvt.re")
-    rich_print(f"\t\tVersion: {MVT_VERSION}")
+    rich_print("\t[bold]MVT - Mobile Verification Toolkit[/bold]\n")
+    rich_print("\thttps://mvt.re")
+    rich_print(f"\tVersion: {MVT_VERSION}\n")
 
     check_updates(disable_version_check, disable_indicator_check)
 

src/mvt/common/module.py

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class MVTModule:
     slug: Optional[str] = None
     dependencies: Sequence[type["MVTModule"]] = ()
     supported_commands: Sequence[tuple[str, str]] = ()
+    # A custom module can name a module class it supersedes, usually a
+    # built-in one. When both are available to a command, the named module is
+    # dropped from the run and this module takes its place, including in the
+    # dependencies of any other module.
+    replaces: Optional[type["MVTModule"]] = None
 
     def __init__(
         self,

src/mvt/common/module_loader.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import inspect
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import lru_cache
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import Iterable, Optional
 
+from .cli_plugins import CUSTOM_COMMAND_MODULE_PREFIX
 from .module import MVTModule
 from .version import MVT_VERSION
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ EXTERNAL_LOGGER_NAMESPACE = "mvt.ext"
 PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX = "mvt_plugin_"
 _ORIGIN_ATTRIBUTE = "_mvt_module_origin"
 _PATH_MODULE_PREFIX = "_mvt_custom_module_"
+_LOADED_FILE_DIGEST = re.compile(r"_[0-9a-f]{16}$")
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -66,6 +69,25 @@ def _module_name_for_path(path: Path) -> str:
     return f"{_PATH_MODULE_PREFIX}{path.stem}_{digest}"
 
 
+def _is_builtin_logger_name(name: str) -> bool:
+    return name == "mvt" or name.startswith("mvt.")
+
+
+def _loaded_file_stem(name: str, prefix: str) -> str:
+    """Recover a loaded file's name from the import name MVT gave it."""
+    return _LOADED_FILE_DIGEST.sub("", name[len(prefix) :])
+
+
+def _external_logger_name(name: str) -> str:
+    """Return the "mvt.ext" logger name external code logs under."""
+    top_level, separator, rest = name.partition(".")
+    if top_level.startswith(PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX) and len(top_level) > len(
+        PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX
+    ):
+        name = top_level[len(PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX) :] + separator + rest
+    return f"{EXTERNAL_LOGGER_NAMESPACE}.{name}"
+
+
 def get_module_logger(module_class: type[MVTModule]) -> logging.Logger:
     """Return the logger a module's records should be emitted through.
 
@@ -80,19 +102,35 @@ def get_module_logger(module_class: type[MVTModule]) -> logging.Logger:
     "mvt_plugin_<name>" naming convention log under "mvt.ext.<name>".
     """
     name = module_class.__module__
-    if name == "mvt" or name.startswith("mvt."):
+    if _is_builtin_logger_name(name):
         return logging.getLogger(name)
 
     if name.startswith(_PATH_MODULE_PREFIX):
-        name = Path(get_module_origin(module_class).name).stem
-    else:
-        top_level, separator, rest = name.partition(".")
-        if top_level.startswith(PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX) and len(top_level) > len(
-            PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX
-        ):
-            name = top_level[len(PLUGIN_PACKAGE_PREFIX) :] + separator + rest
+        file_name = Path(get_module_origin(module_class).name).stem
+        return logging.getLogger(f"{EXTERNAL_LOGGER_NAMESPACE}.{file_name}")
 
-    return logging.getLogger(f"{EXTERNAL_LOGGER_NAMESPACE}.{name}")
+    return logging.getLogger(_external_logger_name(name))
+
+
+def get_plugin_logger(name: str) -> logging.Logger:
+    """Return a general logger for use in custom MVT plugins.
+
+    Call it with ``__name__``. The logger sits under "mvt.ext". That is
+    where get_module_logger() puts module classes. A file loaded with
+    --load-module or --load-command is named after the file.
+    """
+    if _is_builtin_logger_name(name):
+        return logging.getLogger(name)
+
+    # A file loaded with --load-module or --load-command is imported under a
+    # mangled name. Log it under the file it came from. get_module_logger()
+    # does the same for the module classes such a file defines.
+    for prefix in (_PATH_MODULE_PREFIX, CUSTOM_COMMAND_MODULE_PREFIX):
+        if name.startswith(prefix):
+            stem = _loaded_file_stem(name, prefix)
+            return logging.getLogger(f"{EXTERNAL_LOGGER_NAMESPACE}.{stem}")
+
+    return logging.getLogger(_external_logger_name(name))
 
 
 def _iter_module_files(path: Path) -> Iterable[Path]:
@@ -179,21 +217,36 @@ def _module_key(module_class: type[MVTModule]) -> tuple[str, str]:
     return (source, module_class.__qualname__)
 
 
+def distribution_direct_url(dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution) -> Optional[dict]:
+    """Return the PEP 610 direct URL metadata of a distribution, if recorded.
+
+    Packages installed from an index have no direct URL metadata, while
+    packages installed directly from a repository or from a local folder
+    record where they were installed from in ``direct_url.json``.
+    """
+    try:
+        direct_url_text = dist.read_text("direct_url.json")
+        if not direct_url_text:
+            return None
+        direct_url = json.loads(direct_url_text)
+        return direct_url if isinstance(direct_url, dict) else None
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
 def _distribution_commit(dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution) -> Optional[str]:
     """Return the VCS commit a distribution was installed from, if recorded.
 
     Packages installed directly from a repository (``pip install git+...``)
     record the commit in ``direct_url.json`` (PEP 610).
     """
-    try:
-        direct_url_text = dist.read_text("direct_url.json")
-        if not direct_url_text:
-            return None
-        commit = json.loads(direct_url_text).get("vcs_info", {}).get("commit_id")
-        return commit if isinstance(commit, str) else None
-    except Exception:
+    vcs_info = (distribution_direct_url(dist) or {}).get("vcs_info")
+    if not isinstance(vcs_info, dict):
         return None
 
+    commit = vcs_info.get("commit_id")
+    return commit if isinstance(commit, str) else None
+
 
 def _entry_point_origin(entry_point: importlib.metadata.EntryPoint) -> ModuleOrigin:
     name = entry_point.name
@@ -348,4 +401,14 @@ def module_supports_command(
         )
         return False
 
-    return (platform, command) in {tuple(entry) for entry in supported_commands}
+    pairs = {tuple(entry) for entry in supported_commands}
+    if (platform, command) in pairs:
+        return True
+
+    # A module which implements check_indicators() is re-checked by check-iocs
+    # for its platform. It does not need to declare the check-iocs pair.
+    return (
+        command == "check-iocs"
+        and platform in {entry[0] for entry in pairs if entry}
+        and module_class.check_indicators is not MVTModule.check_indicators
+    )

src/mvt/common/plugin_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import contextlib
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import tempfile
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
+
+import yaml
+from appdirs import user_config_dir, user_data_dir
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+from pydantic_settings import (
+    BaseSettings,
+    EnvSettingsSource,
+    PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    SettingsConfigDict,
+    YamlConfigSettingsSource,
+)
+
+PLUGIN_CONFIG_FOLDER_NAME = "plugins"
+# Not "plugins": on macOS the configuration and data folders are the same
+# directory, and that name already holds the settings files.
+PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_NAME = "plugin-data"
+PLUGIN_ENV_PREFIX = "MVT_PLUGIN_"
+
+PLUGIN_NAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*")
+
+PluginSettingsType = TypeVar("PluginSettingsType", bound="MVTPluginSettings")
+
+
+class PluginConfigLoadError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def validate_plugin_name(plugin_name: Any) -> str:
+    """
+    Check that a plugin name is safe to use in a file name and an env variable.
+
+    :param plugin_name: Name to validate.
+    :returns: The validated plugin name.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(plugin_name, str):
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"Plugin name must be a string, not {type(plugin_name).__name__}"
+        )
+    if not PLUGIN_NAME_PATTERN.fullmatch(plugin_name):
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Invalid plugin name {plugin_name!r}: plugin names must start with a "
+            "lowercase letter or a digit and may only contain lowercase letters, "
+            "digits and dashes"
+        )
+    return plugin_name
+
+
+def plugin_config_folder() -> str:
+    """
+    Return the folder where plugins store their configuration files.
+
+    The path is resolved on every call so it always reflects the current
+    environment.
+    """
+    return os.path.join(user_config_dir("mvt"), PLUGIN_CONFIG_FOLDER_NAME)
+
+
+def plugin_config_path(plugin_name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the path of the configuration file of a given plugin.
+
+    :param plugin_name: Name of the plugin.
+    """
+    return os.path.join(
+        plugin_config_folder(), f"{validate_plugin_name(plugin_name)}.yaml"
+    )
+
+
+def plugin_data_folder(plugin_name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the folder where a given plugin stores its data, creating it.
+
+    Plugins should keep whatever they persist, such as caches or downloaded
+    artifacts, in this folder. It is created with owner-only permissions. The
+    path is resolved on every call so it always reflects the current
+    environment. A plugin with a settings class calls
+    `MVTPluginSettings.data_folder()` instead, which passes `plugin_name` here.
+
+    :param plugin_name: Name of the plugin.
+    :returns: The path of the data folder of the plugin.
+    """
+    # Validate the name before anything is created, so an unsafe name cannot
+    # leave a folder behind.
+    name = validate_plugin_name(plugin_name)
+
+    # makedirs() applies its mode only to the last folder of the path, so
+    # MVT's own data folder keeps the default permissions while the two
+    # plugin folders are private.
+    data_folder = os.path.join(user_data_dir("mvt"), PLUGIN_DATA_FOLDER_NAME)
+    os.makedirs(data_folder, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+
+    folder = os.path.join(data_folder, name)
+    os.makedirs(folder, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+    return folder
+
+
+def plugin_env_prefix(plugin_name: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the environment variable prefix used by a given plugin.
+
+    Dashes are replaced by underscores. Plugin names cannot contain underscores,
+    so two different plugin names never share an environment namespace.
+
+    :param plugin_name: Name of the plugin.
+    """
+    name = validate_plugin_name(plugin_name).upper().replace("-", "_")
+    return f"{PLUGIN_ENV_PREFIX}{name}_"
+
+
+def _settings_plugin_name(settings_cls: Type[BaseSettings]) -> str:
+    plugin_name = getattr(settings_cls, "plugin_name", None)
+    if plugin_name is None:
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"{settings_cls.__name__} must set a 'plugin_name' class attribute to "
+            "namespace its configuration file and environment variables"
+        )
+    return validate_plugin_name(plugin_name)
+
+
+def _plugin_yaml_source(
+    settings_cls: Type[BaseSettings], config_path: str
+) -> YamlConfigSettingsSource:
+    """
+    Build the YAML settings source of a plugin, reporting unusable files.
+
+    A missing file is not an error, but a file which cannot be parsed or which
+    does not hold a mapping of setting names is reported with its path.
+    """
+    try:
+        return YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, config_path)
+    except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+        raise PluginConfigLoadError(
+            f"Invalid plugin configuration file {config_path}: {exc}"
+        ) from exc
+    except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
+        raise PluginConfigLoadError(
+            f"Invalid plugin configuration file {config_path}: the file must "
+            "contain a mapping of setting names to values"
+        ) from exc
+
+
+class MVTPluginSettings(BaseSettings):
+    """
+    Base class for plugin-namespaced settings.
+
+    Subclass with typed fields and set `plugin_name`. Values resolve from
+    constructor arguments, then environment variables (MVT_PLUGIN_<NAME>_*),
+    then the plugin's YAML file (~/.config/mvt/plugins/<name>.yaml), then field
+    defaults.
+
+    Plugins must not store their settings in MVT's own configuration file: MVT
+    rewrites it with the fields it knows about, dropping anything else.
+
+    `data_folder()` returns the folder the plugin keeps its data in.
+    """
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(extra="ignore")
+
+    plugin_name: ClassVar[str]
+
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
+        plugin_name = _settings_plugin_name(cls)
+        # Namespace the environment variables of this plugin. Each pydantic
+        # model gets its own configuration dictionary, so this does not leak
+        # into other plugins.
+        cls.model_config["env_prefix"] = plugin_env_prefix(plugin_name)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def settings_customise_sources(
+        cls,
+        settings_cls: Type[BaseSettings],
+        init_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        env_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    ) -> Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
+        config_path = plugin_config_path(_settings_plugin_name(settings_cls))
+        yaml_source = _plugin_yaml_source(settings_cls, config_path)
+        # Explicit arguments take precedence over environment variables, which
+        # in turn take precedence over the configuration file.
+        return (init_settings, env_settings, yaml_source)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load(cls: Type[PluginSettingsType]) -> PluginSettingsType:
+        """
+        Load the settings of the plugin.
+
+        A missing configuration file is not an error: the settings then come
+        from the environment and from the field defaults.
+        """
+        return cls()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def data_folder(cls) -> str:
+        """
+        Return the data folder of the plugin, creating it.
+
+        The folder is the one plugin_data_folder() returns for `plugin_name`,
+        so a plugin with a settings class does not repeat its name.
+        """
+        return plugin_data_folder(_settings_plugin_name(cls))
+
+    def _environment_values(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Return the settings values currently supplied by the environment.
+
+        Values are validated by the model, so they can be compared with the
+        values held by this instance.
+        """
+        settings_cls = type(self)
+        raw_values = EnvSettingsSource(settings_cls)()
+        names = [name for name in raw_values if name in settings_cls.model_fields]
+        if not names:
+            return {}
+
+        # Fall back on the current values for the fields the environment does
+        # not set, so that required fields do not fail validation here.
+        current_values = json.loads(self.model_dump_json())
+        try:
+            from_environment = settings_cls.model_validate(
+                {**current_values, **raw_values}
+            )
+        except ValidationError:
+            # An environment variable which the model cannot validate must not
+            # stop the other environment values from being recognised, or a
+            # credential would be written to the configuration file.
+            return self._environment_values_by_field(current_values, raw_values, names)
+        return {name: getattr(from_environment, name) for name in names}
+
+    def _environment_values_by_field(
+        self,
+        current_values: Dict[str, Any],
+        raw_values: Dict[str, Any],
+        names: List[str],
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Validate each environment value on its own, skipping unusable ones.
+
+        :param current_values: Serialized values held by this instance.
+        :param raw_values: Values supplied by the environment.
+        :param names: Names of the fields set by the environment.
+        """
+        settings_cls = type(self)
+        values = {}
+        for name in names:
+            try:
+                from_environment = settings_cls.model_validate(
+                    {**current_values, name: raw_values[name]}
+                )
+            except ValidationError:
+                continue
+            values[name] = getattr(from_environment, name)
+        return values
+
+    def save(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Save the current settings to the configuration file of the plugin.
+
+        Only values which differ from the field defaults are persisted. Values
+        which come from the environment are not written to disk, so credentials
+        passed as environment variables stay out of the configuration file.
+        MVT's own configuration file is never modified.
+        """
+        config_folder = plugin_config_folder()
+        if not os.path.isdir(config_folder):
+            os.makedirs(config_folder, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+
+        values = json.loads(self.model_dump_json(exclude_defaults=True))
+        for name, environment_value in self._environment_values().items():
+            if name in values and getattr(self, name, None) == environment_value:
+                del values[name]
+
+        # Settings files can hold credentials, so write them through a private
+        # temporary file and move it in place. The file is then never partially
+        # written and never briefly readable by other users.
+        config_path = plugin_config_path(self.plugin_name)
+        descriptor, temporary_path = tempfile.mkstemp(
+            dir=config_folder, prefix=f".{self.plugin_name}-", suffix=".yaml"
+        )
+        try:
+            with os.fdopen(descriptor, "w") as config_file:
+                config_file.write(yaml.dump(values, default_flow_style=False))
+            os.replace(temporary_path, config_path)
+        except BaseException:
+            with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
+                os.unlink(temporary_path)
+            raise

src/mvt/common/updates.py

@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import importlib.metadata
+import json
 import logging
 import os
+import re
+import shlex
+import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -12,14 +17,35 @@ import requests
 import yaml
 from packaging import version
 
+from .cli_plugins import (
+    ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+)
 from .config import settings
 from .indicators import MVT_DATA_FOLDER, MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER
+from .module_loader import MODULES_ENTRY_POINT_GROUP, distribution_direct_url
 from .version import MVT_VERSION
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # In hours.
 INDICATORS_CHECK_FREQUENCY = 12
+PLUGINS_CHECK_FREQUENCY = 12
+
+# The entry-point groups a package can use to extend MVT.
+PLUGIN_ENTRY_POINT_GROUPS = (
+    MODULES_ENTRY_POINT_GROUP,
+    IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    ANDROID_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+    NEUTRAL_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+)
+SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH = 8
+# The keys every cached finding has to carry to be printed.
+FINDING_KEYS = ("name", "installed", "latest", "upgrade_command")
+# Options which stop ssh from waiting for an answer nobody is there to give.
+_SSH_BATCH_OPTIONS = ("-o", "BatchMode=yes", "-o", "ConnectTimeout=10")
+_COMMIT_PATTERN = re.compile(r"\A[0-9a-f]{7,40}\Z")
 
 
 class MVTUpdates:
@@ -38,6 +64,395 @@ class MVTUpdates:
         return ""
 
 
+def installed_plugin_distributions() -> list[importlib.metadata.Distribution]:
+    """Return the installed distributions which extend MVT.
+
+    A plugin package is any distribution registering at least one entry point
+    in the module or CLI command groups. Distributions are returned once each,
+    sorted by name. MVT itself is not a plugin and is never returned.
+    """
+    distributions: dict[str, importlib.metadata.Distribution] = {}
+
+    for group in PLUGIN_ENTRY_POINT_GROUPS:
+        try:
+            entry_points = importlib.metadata.entry_points(group=group)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            log.warning(
+                "Unable to discover installed plugin packages in entry-point "
+                "group %s: %s",
+                group,
+                exc,
+            )
+            continue
+
+        for entry_point in entry_points:
+            # Manually constructed entry points have no associated distribution.
+            dist = getattr(entry_point, "dist", None)
+            if dist is None:
+                continue
+            try:
+                name = dist.name
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            if not name or name == "mvt":
+                continue
+            distributions.setdefault(name, dist)
+
+    return [distributions[name] for name in sorted(distributions)]
+
+
+def _is_usable_finding(finding: object) -> bool:
+    """Check that a cached finding carries everything needed to print it."""
+    if not isinstance(finding, dict):
+        return False
+
+    return all(
+        isinstance(finding.get(key), str) and finding.get(key) for key in FINDING_KEYS
+    )
+
+
+def _installed_revision(
+    dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution, origin: object
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return what a plugin's installed revision is right now.
+
+    This is the value a finding recorded as installed when it was made, so a
+    finding can be compared against the current state of the installation
+    without looking anything up remotely.
+    """
+    try:
+        if origin != "git":
+            return dist.version
+
+        vcs_info = (distribution_direct_url(dist) or {}).get("vcs_info")
+        if not isinstance(vcs_info, dict):
+            return None
+
+        commit = vcs_info.get("commit_id") or ""
+        return commit[:SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH] or None
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.debug("Failed to read the installed revision of a plugin: %s", e)
+        return None
+
+
+def _batch_mode_ssh_command(ssh_command: str) -> str:
+    """Return an ssh command line which cannot stop to ask a question.
+
+    ssh keeps the first value it is given for a keyword, so the batch mode
+    options are inserted right after the ssh program, ahead of whatever the
+    analyst configured. Their remaining options, such as which key to use,
+    still apply.
+    """
+    try:
+        arguments = shlex.split(ssh_command.strip())
+    except ValueError:
+        arguments = []
+
+    if not arguments:
+        arguments = ["ssh"]
+
+    return shlex.join([arguments[0], *_SSH_BATCH_OPTIONS, *arguments[1:]])
+
+
+def _revision_pins_commit(revision: str, commit: str) -> bool:
+    """Check whether a requested revision pins the installed commit."""
+    candidate = revision.lower()
+    if not _COMMIT_PATTERN.match(candidate):
+        return False
+
+    return commit.lower().startswith(candidate)
+
+
+class PluginUpdates:
+    """Check for updates to the installed MVT plugin packages.
+
+    MVT never installs or upgrades a plugin package itself. It only reports
+    the command which upgrades a plugin, leaving the analyst to decide when to
+    run it.
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def latest_check_path(self) -> str:
+        return os.path.join(MVT_DATA_FOLDER, "latest_plugins_check")
+
+    @property
+    def findings_path(self) -> str:
+        return os.path.join(MVT_DATA_FOLDER, "plugin_updates.json")
+
+    def _create_data_folder(self) -> None:
+        if not os.path.exists(MVT_DATA_FOLDER):
+            os.makedirs(MVT_DATA_FOLDER)
+
+    def get_latest_check(self) -> int:
+        if not os.path.exists(self.latest_check_path):
+            return 0
+
+        # A corrupt or truncated timestamp only means the next check happens
+        # sooner. It must never stop MVT from running.
+        try:
+            with open(self.latest_check_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+                data = handle.read().strip()
+            if data:
+                return int(data)
+        except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to read the time of the latest plugin check: %s", e)
+
+        return 0
+
+    def set_latest_check(self) -> None:
+        self._create_data_folder()
+        timestamp = int(datetime.now().timestamp())
+        with open(self.latest_check_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+            handle.write(str(timestamp))
+
+    def get_findings(self) -> list[dict]:
+        """
+        Return the findings of the latest check, without checking again.
+        Returns an empty list if no check was ever performed.
+        """
+        if not os.path.exists(self.findings_path):
+            return []
+
+        try:
+            with open(self.findings_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+                findings = json.load(handle)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to read the cached plugin updates: %s", e)
+            return []
+
+        if not isinstance(findings, list):
+            return []
+
+        # Anything which does not look like a finding is dropped rather than
+        # trusted: the cache is only a convenience.
+        return [finding for finding in findings if _is_usable_finding(finding)]
+
+    def current_findings(
+        self, distributions: Optional[list[importlib.metadata.Distribution]] = None
+    ) -> list[dict]:
+        """
+        Return the cached findings which still apply to what is installed.
+        Findings about a plugin which was upgraded or removed since the latest
+        check are dropped, so an update is never reported twice.
+        """
+        if distributions is None:
+            distributions = installed_plugin_distributions()
+
+        installed = {}
+        for dist in distributions:
+            try:
+                installed[dist.name] = dist
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+
+        current = []
+        for finding in self.get_findings():
+            plugin = installed.get(finding["name"])
+            if plugin is None:
+                continue
+            if (
+                _installed_revision(plugin, finding.get("origin"))
+                != finding["installed"]
+            ):
+                continue
+            current.append(finding)
+
+        return current
+
+    def set_findings(self, findings: list[dict]) -> None:
+        self._create_data_folder()
+        with open(self.findings_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+            json.dump(findings, handle)
+
+    def should_check(self) -> Tuple[bool, int]:
+        """
+        Compare time of the latest plugins check with current time.
+        Returns bool and number of hours since the last check.
+        """
+        now = datetime.now()
+        latest_check_ts = self.get_latest_check()
+        latest_check_dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(latest_check_ts)
+
+        diff = now - latest_check_dt
+        diff_hours = divmod(diff.total_seconds(), 3600)[0]
+
+        if diff_hours >= PLUGINS_CHECK_FREQUENCY:
+            return True, 0
+
+        return False, int(PLUGINS_CHECK_FREQUENCY - diff_hours)
+
+    def _check_index_plugin(self, name: str, installed: str) -> Optional[dict]:
+        """Check a plugin installed from a package index for a newer release."""
+        url = f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{name}/json"
+        try:
+            res = requests.get(url, timeout=settings.NETWORK_TIMEOUT)
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to check for updates to plugin %s: %s", name, e)
+            return None
+
+        # Plugins which were never published to a public index are expected,
+        # and there is nothing to compare their version against.
+        if res.status_code == 404:
+            return None
+
+        if res.status_code != 200:
+            log.debug(
+                "Failed to check for updates to plugin %s (error %d)",
+                name,
+                res.status_code,
+            )
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            latest = res.json().get("info", {}).get("version", "")
+            if not latest or version.parse(latest) <= version.parse(installed):
+                return None
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to compare the versions of plugin %s: %s", name, e)
+            return None
+
+        return {
+            "name": name,
+            "installed": installed,
+            "latest": latest,
+            "origin": "pypi",
+            # The name comes from package metadata, so the command MVT
+            # suggests is quoted rather than assumed to be shell-safe.
+            "upgrade_command": f"pip install -U {shlex.quote(name)}",
+        }
+
+    def _git_ls_remote(self, url: str, revision: str) -> list[Tuple[str, str]]:
+        """Return the remote references matching a revision, if git allows it."""
+        # Neither value is trusted: they are read from the metadata of an
+        # installed package and must not turn into git options.
+        if url.startswith("-") or revision.startswith("-"):
+            log.debug("Skipping the update check for the invalid repository %s", url)
+            return []
+
+        environment = dict(os.environ)
+        # Never prompt the analyst for repository credentials. git handles its
+        # own prompts, while ssh reads the terminal directly and only batch
+        # mode makes it fail instead of asking.
+        environment["GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT"] = "0"
+        environment["GIT_SSH_COMMAND"] = _batch_mode_ssh_command(
+            environment.get("GIT_SSH_COMMAND", "")
+        )
+
+        try:
+            process = subprocess.run(
+                ["git", "ls-remote", url, revision],
+                capture_output=True,
+                stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                text=True,
+                env=environment,
+                timeout=settings.NETWORK_TIMEOUT,
+                check=False,
+            )
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            log.debug("Could not find git, skipping the update check for %s", url)
+            return []
+        except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to query the repository %s: %s", url, e)
+            return []
+
+        if process.returncode != 0:
+            log.debug(
+                "Failed to query the repository %s (error %d): %s",
+                url,
+                process.returncode,
+                (process.stderr or "").strip(),
+            )
+            return []
+
+        references = []
+        for line in (process.stdout or "").splitlines():
+            commit, _, reference = line.partition("\t")
+            if commit.strip() and reference.strip():
+                references.append((commit.strip(), reference.strip()))
+
+        return references
+
+    def _check_repository_plugin(
+        self, name: str, direct_url: dict, vcs_info: dict
+    ) -> Optional[dict]:
+        """Check a plugin installed from a repository for a newer commit."""
+        url = direct_url.get("url") or ""
+        installed = vcs_info.get("commit_id") or ""
+        revision = vcs_info.get("requested_revision") or ""
+        if not url or not installed:
+            return None
+
+        # A plugin installed from a commit is pinned and never goes out of
+        # date, no matter what the branch it came from does next.
+        if revision and _revision_pins_commit(revision, installed):
+            return None
+
+        latest = ""
+        wanted_reference = f"refs/heads/{revision}" if revision else "HEAD"
+        for commit, reference in self._git_ls_remote(url, revision or "HEAD"):
+            # Tags are pinned installs too.
+            if reference.startswith("refs/tags/"):
+                return None
+            if reference == wanted_reference:
+                latest = commit
+
+        if not latest or latest == installed:
+            return None
+
+        requirement = f"{name} @ git+{url}"
+        if revision:
+            requirement += f"@{revision}"
+
+        return {
+            "name": name,
+            "installed": installed[:SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH],
+            "latest": latest[:SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH],
+            "origin": "git",
+            # A repository URL and a branch name can both hold characters a
+            # shell would act on, so the requirement is quoted for the shell
+            # the analyst is going to paste the command into.
+            "upgrade_command": f"pip install -U {shlex.quote(requirement)}",
+        }
+
+    def _check_distribution(
+        self, dist: importlib.metadata.Distribution
+    ) -> Optional[dict]:
+        try:
+            name = dist.name
+            installed = dist.version
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.debug("Failed to read the metadata of an installed plugin: %s", e)
+            return None
+
+        direct_url = distribution_direct_url(dist)
+        if direct_url is None:
+            return self._check_index_plugin(name, installed)
+
+        vcs_info = direct_url.get("vcs_info")
+        if isinstance(vcs_info, dict):
+            return self._check_repository_plugin(name, direct_url, vcs_info)
+
+        # Plugins installed from a local folder, including editable installs,
+        # are maintained by the analyst and have nothing to check against.
+        return None
+
+    def check(self) -> list[dict]:
+        """
+        Check every installed plugin package for an available update.
+        Returns one entry per plugin which can be upgraded.
+        """
+        findings = []
+        for dist in installed_plugin_distributions():
+            finding = self._check_distribution(dist)
+            if finding:
+                findings.append(finding)
+
+        self.set_findings(findings)
+        self.set_latest_check()
+
+        return findings
+
+
 class IndicatorsUpdates:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.github_raw_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{}/{}/{}/{}"
@@ -180,9 +595,7 @@ class IndicatorsUpdates:
     def _get_remote_file_latest_commit(
         self, owner: str, repo: str, branch: str, path: str
     ) -> int:
-        file_commit_url = (
-            f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits?path={path}&sha={branch}"
-        )
+        file_commit_url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits?path={path}&sha={branch}"
         try:
             res = requests.get(file_commit_url, timeout=5)
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

src/mvt/common/utils.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from dataclasses import asdict, is_dataclass
 from typing import Any, Iterator, Union
 
 from .log import MVTLogHandler
-from mvt.common.config import settings
 
 
 class CustomJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
@@ -256,16 +255,26 @@ def init_logging(verbose: bool = False):
 
 
 def set_verbose_logging(verbose: bool = False):
+    """Raise or lower the verbosity of MVT's console output.
+
+    Only MVT's own console handler is adjusted, wherever it sits in the list.
+    The file handler a command attaches to its output folder keeps recording
+    everything, so the command.log of a run does not depend on how the run was
+    invoked, and a handler attached to the "mvt" logger by anything else is
+    left alone.
+    """
     log = logging.getLogger("mvt")
-    handler = log.handlers[0]
-    if verbose:
-        handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    else:
-        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    for handler in log.handlers:
+        if isinstance(handler, MVTLogHandler):
+            handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO)
 
 
 def exec_or_profile(module, globals, locals):
     """Hook for profiling MVT modules"""
+    # Imported here so that the CLI modules, which import this one at start-up,
+    # do not load the settings (and pydantic) before a command runs.
+    from .config import settings
+
     if settings.PROFILE:
         cProfile.runctx(module, globals, locals)
     else:

src/mvt/common/version.py

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-MVT_VERSION = "2026.7.29"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+MVT_VERSION = version("mvt")

src/mvt/ios/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-from .cli import cli
+from .cli import cli, main

src/mvt/ios/cli.py

@@ -14,16 +14,7 @@ from mvt.common.cli_plugins import (
     load_cli_commands_option,
     register_cli_plugins,
 )
-from mvt.common.cmd_check_iocs import CmdCheckIOCS
-from mvt.common.completion import (
-    SUPPORTED_SHELLS,
-    completion_instructions,
-    generate_completion_script,
-    install_completion_script,
-)
-from mvt.common.logo import logo
 from mvt.common.options import MutuallyExclusiveOption
-from mvt.common.updates import IndicatorsUpdates
 from mvt.common.utils import (
     generate_hashes_from_path,
     init_logging,
@@ -33,6 +24,7 @@ from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_VERSION,
     HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_BACKUP,
     HELP_MSG_BACKUP_DESTINATION,
+    HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_JOBS,
     HELP_MSG_IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD,
     HELP_MSG_BACKUP_KEYFILE,
     HELP_MSG_HASHES,
@@ -44,6 +36,7 @@ from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
     HELP_MSG_MODULE,
     HELP_MSG_VERBOSE,
+    HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND,
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_FS,
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_IOCS,
     HELP_MSG_STIX2,
@@ -51,17 +44,17 @@ from mvt.common.help import (
     HELP_MSG_CHECK_SYSDIAGNOSE,
     HELP_MSG_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK,
     HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
-    HELP_MSG_COMPLETION,
 )
-from mvt.common.module_loader import CustomModuleLoadError, load_custom_modules
 from mvt.common.password import prompt_password
-from .cmd_check_backup import CmdIOSCheckBackup
-from .cmd_check_fs import CmdIOSCheckFS
-from .cmd_check_sysdiagnose import CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose
-from .decrypt import DecryptBackup
-from .modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES
-from .modules.fs import FS_MODULES
-from .modules.mixed import MIXED_MODULES
+from .decrypt_config import (
+    DEFAULT_DECRYPT_WORKERS,
+    MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS,
+)
+
+# The commands import what they run only when they are invoked. This module is
+# imported at every start of mvt-ios, including by shell completion on every
+# keystroke, so importing it must do no more than build the command tree: the
+# forensic modules, the backup decryption and the update checks stay out of it.
 
 init_logging()
 log = logging.getLogger("mvt")
@@ -81,7 +74,14 @@ def _get_disable_flags(ctx):
     )
 
 
+def _get_verbose(ctx):
+    """Return whether --verbose was passed to the CLI itself."""
+    return bool(ctx.obj and ctx.obj.get("verbose", False))
+
+
 def _load_custom_modules(load_module):
+    from mvt.common.module_loader import CustomModuleLoadError, load_custom_modules
+
     try:
         return load_custom_modules(load_module)
     except CustomModuleLoadError as exc:
@@ -101,60 +101,31 @@ def _load_custom_modules(load_module):
     is_flag=True,
     help=HELP_MSG_DISABLE_INDICATOR_UPDATE_CHECK,
 )
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
 @click.pass_context
-def cli(ctx, disable_update_check, disable_indicator_update_check):
+def cli(ctx, disable_update_check, disable_indicator_update_check, verbose):
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     ctx.obj["disable_version_check"] = disable_update_check
     ctx.obj["disable_indicator_check"] = disable_indicator_update_check
-    if ctx.invoked_subcommand != "completion":
-        logo(
-            disable_version_check=disable_update_check,
-            disable_indicator_check=disable_indicator_update_check,
-        )
+    ctx.obj["verbose"] = verbose
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+
+    from mvt.common.logo import logo
+
+    logo(
+        disable_version_check=disable_update_check,
+        disable_indicator_check=disable_indicator_update_check,
+    )
 
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # Command: version
 # ==============================================================================
-@cli.command("version", help=HELP_MSG_VERSION)
+@cli.command("version", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_VERSION)
 def version():
     return
 
 
-# ==============================================================================
-# Command: completion
-# ==============================================================================
-@cli.command("completion", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_COMPLETION)
-@click.argument("shell", required=False, type=click.Choice(SUPPORTED_SHELLS))
-@click.option(
-    "--install",
-    is_flag=True,
-    help="Write completion files and update shell configuration.",
-)
-@click.pass_context
-def completion(ctx, shell, install):
-    program_name = "mvt-ios"
-
-    if shell is None:
-        if install:
-            raise click.UsageError("A shell is required when using --install.")
-        click.echo(completion_instructions(program_name))
-        return
-
-    root_cli = ctx.find_root().command
-
-    if install:
-        script_path = install_completion_script(root_cli, program_name, shell)
-        click.echo(f"Installed {shell} completion to {script_path}")
-        if shell in ("bash", "zsh"):
-            click.echo(f"Updated ~/.{shell}rc")
-        else:
-            click.echo("Fish loads completion files automatically.")
-        return
-
-    click.echo(generate_completion_script(root_cli, program_name, shell))
-
-
 # ==============================================================================
 # Command: decrypt-backup
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -162,6 +133,13 @@ def completion(ctx, shell, install):
     "decrypt-backup", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_BACKUP
 )
 @click.option("--destination", "-d", required=True, help=HELP_MSG_BACKUP_DESTINATION)
+@click.option(
+    "--jobs",
+    type=click.IntRange(1, MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS),
+    default=DEFAULT_DECRYPT_WORKERS,
+    show_default=True,
+    help=HELP_MSG_DECRYPT_JOBS,
+)
 @click.option(
     "--password",
     "-p",
@@ -180,8 +158,10 @@ def completion(ctx, shell, install):
 @click.option("--hashes", "-H", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_HASHES)
 @click.argument("BACKUP_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
-def decrypt_backup(ctx, destination, password, key_file, hashes, backup_path):
-    backup = DecryptBackup(backup_path, destination)
+def decrypt_backup(ctx, destination, jobs, password, key_file, hashes, backup_path):
+    from .decrypt import DecryptBackup
+
+    backup = DecryptBackup(backup_path, destination, max_workers=jobs)
 
     if key_file:
         if MVT_IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD in os.environ:
@@ -244,6 +224,8 @@ def decrypt_backup(ctx, destination, password, key_file, hashes, backup_path):
 )
 @click.argument("BACKUP_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 def extract_key(password, key_file, backup_path):
+    from .decrypt import DecryptBackup
+
     backup = DecryptBackup(backup_path)
 
     if password:
@@ -296,7 +278,7 @@ def extract_key(password, key_file, backup_path):
     help=HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
 )
 @click.option("--hashes", "-H", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_HASHES)
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("BACKUP_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_backup(
@@ -311,7 +293,9 @@ def check_backup(
     verbose,
     backup_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_backup import CmdIOSCheckBackup
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     module_options = {"fast_mode": fast}
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
 
@@ -334,8 +318,6 @@ def check_backup(
     if not cmd.resolve_backup_path():
         ctx.exit(1)
 
-    log.info("Checking iTunes backup located at: %s", cmd.target_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -365,7 +347,7 @@ def check_backup(
     help=HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
 )
 @click.option("--hashes", "-H", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_HASHES)
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("DUMP_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_fs(
@@ -380,7 +362,9 @@ def check_fs(
     verbose,
     dump_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_fs import CmdIOSCheckFS
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     module_options = {"fast_mode": fast}
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
 
@@ -400,8 +384,6 @@ def check_fs(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking iOS filesystem located at: %s", dump_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -434,7 +416,7 @@ def check_fs(
     help=HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
 )
 @click.option("--hashes", "-H", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_HASHES)
-@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE)
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("SYSDIAGNOSE_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_sysdiagnose(
@@ -448,7 +430,9 @@ def check_sysdiagnose(
     verbose,
     sysdiagnose_path,
 ):
-    set_verbose_logging(verbose)
+    from .cmd_check_sysdiagnose import CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose
+
+    set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
     cmd = CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(
         target_path=sysdiagnose_path,
@@ -461,18 +445,20 @@ def check_sysdiagnose(
         custom_modules=custom_modules,
     )
 
-    if not cmd._available_modules():
-        raise click.ClickException(
-            "No custom modules support mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose. "
-            "Load a module that declares supported_commands = "
-            "((\"ios\", \"check-sysdiagnose\"),)."
+    # MVT's own module only records the device details; the checks come from
+    # custom modules, so a run without any must not look like a clean analysis.
+    if all(module in cmd.modules for module in cmd._available_modules()):
+        log.warning(
+            "No forensic sysdiagnose modules have been loaded: MVT's own "
+            "SysdiagnoseInfo module only records the device details. Install a "
+            "module package or load a module that declares supported_commands = "
+            '(("ios", "check-sysdiagnose"),) to check the sysdiagnose.'
         )
 
     if list_modules:
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking iOS sysdiagnose at path: %s", sysdiagnose_path)
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -502,6 +488,10 @@ def check_sysdiagnose(
 @click.argument("FOLDER", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
 def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
+    from mvt.common.cmd_check_iocs import CmdCheckIOCS
+
+    from .command_modules import IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES
+
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
     cmd = CmdCheckIOCS(
         target_path=folder,
@@ -512,7 +502,7 @@ def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
         custom_modules=custom_modules,
         platform="ios",
     )
-    cmd.modules = BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
+    cmd.modules = IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES
 
     if list_modules:
         cmd.list_modules()
@@ -528,12 +518,25 @@ def check_iocs(ctx, iocs, list_modules, module, load_module, folder):
 # ==============================================================================
 @cli.command("download-iocs", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS, help=HELP_MSG_STIX2)
 def download_iocs():
+    from mvt.common.updates import IndicatorsUpdates
+
     ioc_updates = IndicatorsUpdates()
     ioc_updates.update()
 
 
-register_cli_plugins(
-    cli,
-    entry_point_group=IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
-    environment_variable=MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
-)
+# ==============================================================================
+# Entry point of the mvt-ios console script
+# ==============================================================================
+def main() -> None:
+    """Register the external commands and run the mvt-ios CLI.
+
+    External commands are registered here rather than when this module is
+    imported, so that importing MVT never runs third-party code and a plugin
+    importing from MVT cannot re-enter a module that is still initializing.
+    """
+    register_cli_plugins(
+        cli,
+        entry_point_group=IOS_CLI_PLUGIN_GROUP,
+        environment_variable=MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+    )
+    cli()

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_backup.py

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class CmdIOSCheckBackup(Command):
         self.name = "check-backup"
         self.modules = BACKUP_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
 
+    def init(self) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Checking iTunes backup located at: %s", self.target_path)
+
     def resolve_backup_path(self) -> bool:
         target_path = getattr(self, "target_path", None)
         if not isinstance(target_path, str) or not target_path:

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_fs.py

@@ -51,5 +51,8 @@ class CmdIOSCheckFS(Command):
         self.name = "check-fs"
         self.modules = FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
 
+    def init(self) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Checking iOS filesystem located at: %s", self.target_path)
+
     def module_init(self, module):
         module.is_fs_dump = True

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_sysdiagnose.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+import sys
 import tarfile
+import zlib
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Any, Optional
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ from mvt.common.command import Command
 from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
 from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
 
+from .modules.sysdiagnose import SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
         )
         self.platform = "ios"
         self.name = "check-sysdiagnose"
+        self.modules = SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
         self.sysdiagnose_format: Optional[str] = None
         self.sysdiagnose_archive: Optional[tarfile.TarFile] = None
         self.sysdiagnose_files: list[str] = []
@@ -76,11 +81,15 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise ValueError("A sysdiagnose path is required")
 
+        self.log.info("Checking iOS sysdiagnose at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
             self.sysdiagnose_format = "dir"
             parent_path = Path(self.target_path).absolute().parent
             for root, _, filenames in os.walk(self.target_path):
                 for filename in filenames:
+                    if filename.startswith("._"):
+                        continue
                     absolute_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
                     file_path = os.path.relpath(absolute_path, parent_path)
                     self.sysdiagnose_files.append(file_path)
@@ -94,8 +103,19 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
 
         self.log.info("Parsing sysdiagnose archive. This might take a while...")
         self.sysdiagnose_format = "tar"
-        self.sysdiagnose_archive = tarfile.open(self.target_path, "r:gz")
-        self._extract_sysdiagnose_archive()
+        try:
+            self.sysdiagnose_archive = tarfile.open(self.target_path, "r:gz")
+            self._extract_sysdiagnose_archive()
+        except (tarfile.ReadError, EOFError, zlib.error, OSError) as exc:
+            # A truncated archive ends in EOFError from gzip, which Click would
+            # otherwise report as a bare "Aborted!" with no reason.
+            self.log.critical(
+                "Unable to read the sysdiagnose archive %s: %s. "
+                "The file may be truncated or not a gzip-compressed tarball.",
+                self.target_path,
+                exc,
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     def _extract_sysdiagnose_archive(self) -> None:
         archive = self.sysdiagnose_archive
@@ -119,6 +139,11 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
 
             if not member_path.parts:
                 continue
+            # AppleDouble sidecars (._name) carry a file's extended attributes,
+            # not sysdiagnose content. Device archives hold hundreds of them;
+            # bsdtar hides them from listings, tarfile does not.
+            if member_path.name.startswith("._"):
+                continue
             archive_roots.add(member_path.parts[0])
 
             if member.isdir():

src/mvt/ios/command_modules.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+"""Module lists an mvt-ios command composes from more than one family.
+
+Commands whose modules are one family read that family directly. check-iocs
+re-checks stored results, so it has to know every module that could have
+written one, and both the CLI and any other code needing that answer share
+the list from here rather than each concatenating their own.
+"""
+
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
+from .modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES
+from .modules.fs import FS_MODULES
+from .modules.mixed import MIXED_MODULES
+from .modules.sysdiagnose import SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
+
+IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = (
+    BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES + SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
+)

src/mvt/ios/data/ios_versions.json

@@ -1271,5 +1271,9 @@
     {
         "version": "26.6.1",
         "build": "23G83"
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "26.6.2",
+        "build": "23G90"
     }
 ]

src/mvt/ios/decrypt.py

@@ -6,18 +6,179 @@
 import binascii
 import glob
 import logging
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 import os.path
+import plistlib
 import shutil
 import sqlite3
+import tempfile
+from concurrent.futures import (
+    ALL_COMPLETED,
+    FIRST_COMPLETED,
+    Future,
+    ThreadPoolExecutor,
+    wait,
+)
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
-from iOSbackup import iOSbackup
+from iphone_backup_decrypt import EncryptedBackup
+from iphone_backup_decrypt import google_iphone_dataprotection
+from iphone_backup_decrypt.utils import FilePlist
+
+from .decrypt_config import DEFAULT_DECRYPT_WORKERS, MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Import pbkdf2_hmac from the same source iphone_backup_decrypt uses internally,
+# so our key derivation is consistent with theirs.
+try:
+    from fastpbkdf2 import pbkdf2_hmac
+except ImportError:
+    import Crypto.Hash.SHA1
+    import Crypto.Hash.SHA256
+    import Crypto.Protocol.KDF
+
+    _HASH_FNS = {"sha1": Crypto.Hash.SHA1, "sha256": Crypto.Hash.SHA256}
+
+    def pbkdf2_hmac(hash_name, password, salt, iterations, dklen=None):
+        return Crypto.Protocol.KDF.PBKDF2(
+            password, salt, dklen, iterations, hmac_hash_module=_HASH_FNS[hash_name]
+        )
+
+
+class MVTEncryptedBackup(EncryptedBackup):
+    """Extends EncryptedBackup with derived key export/import.
+
+    NOTE: This subclass relies on internal APIs of iphone_backup_decrypt
+    (specifically _read_and_unlock_keybag, _keybag, and the Keybag class
+    internals). Pinned to iphone_backup_decrypt==0.9.0.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *, backup_directory, passphrase=None, derived_key=None):
+        if passphrase:
+            super().__init__(backup_directory=backup_directory, passphrase=passphrase)
+            self._derived_key = None  # Will be set after keybag unlock
+        elif derived_key:
+            self._init_without_passphrase(backup_directory, derived_key)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Either passphrase or derived_key must be provided")
+
+    def _init_without_passphrase(self, backup_directory, derived_key):
+        """Replicate parent __init__ state without requiring a passphrase."""
+        self.decrypted = False
+        self._backup_directory = os.path.expandvars(backup_directory)
+        self._passphrase = None
+        self._manifest_plist_path = os.path.join(
+            self._backup_directory, "Manifest.plist"
+        )
+        self._manifest_plist = None
+        self._manifest_db_path = os.path.join(self._backup_directory, "Manifest.db")
+        self._keybag = None
+        self._unlocked = False
+        self._temporary_folder = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self._temp_decrypted_manifest_db_path = os.path.join(
+            self._temporary_folder, "Manifest.db"
+        )
+        self._temp_manifest_db_conn = None
+        self._derived_key = derived_key  # 32 raw bytes
+
+    def _read_and_unlock_keybag(self):
+        """Override to capture derived key on password unlock, or use
+        a pre-derived key to skip PBKDF2."""
+        if self._unlocked:
+            return self._unlocked
+
+        with open(self._manifest_plist_path, "rb") as infile:
+            self._manifest_plist = plistlib.load(infile)
+        self._keybag = google_iphone_dataprotection.Keybag(
+            self._manifest_plist["BackupKeyBag"]
+        )
+
+        if self._derived_key:
+            # Skip PBKDF2, unwrap class keys directly with pre-derived key
+            self._unlocked = _unlock_keybag_with_derived_key(
+                self._keybag, self._derived_key
+            )
+        else:
+            # Normal path: full PBKDF2 derivation, capturing the intermediate key
+            self._unlocked, self._derived_key = _unlock_keybag_and_capture_key(
+                self._keybag, self._passphrase
+            )
+            self._passphrase = None
+
+        if not self._unlocked:
+            raise ValueError("Failed to decrypt keys: incorrect passphrase?")
+        return True
+
+    def get_decryption_key(self):
+        """Return derived key as hex string (64 chars / 32 bytes)."""
+        if self._derived_key is None:
+            raise ValueError("No derived key available")
+        return self._derived_key.hex()
+
+    def extract_file_by_id(self, *, file_id, file_bplist, output_filename):
+        """Extract one manifest entry without loading the whole file into memory."""
+        self._read_and_unlock_keybag()
+        file_plist = FilePlist(file_bplist)
+
+        if file_plist.encryption_key is None:
+            source_filename = os.path.join(
+                self._backup_directory, file_id[:2], file_id
+            )
+            shutil.copy2(source_filename, output_filename)
+            return
+
+        inner_key = self._keybag.unwrapKeyForClass(
+            file_plist.protection_class, file_plist.encryption_key
+        )
+        self._decrypt_file_to_disk(
+            file_id=file_id,
+            key=inner_key,
+            file_plist=file_plist,
+            output_filepath=output_filename,
+        )
+
+
+def _unlock_keybag_with_derived_key(keybag, passphrase_key):
+    """Unlock keybag class keys using a pre-derived passphrase_key,
+    skipping the expensive PBKDF2 rounds."""
+    WRAP_PASSPHRASE = 2
+    for classkey in keybag.classKeys.values():
+        if b"WPKY" not in classkey:
+            continue
+        if classkey[b"WRAP"] & WRAP_PASSPHRASE:
+            k = google_iphone_dataprotection._AESUnwrap(
+                passphrase_key, classkey[b"WPKY"]
+            )
+            if not k:
+                return False
+            classkey[b"KEY"] = k
+    return True
+
+
+def _unlock_keybag_and_capture_key(keybag, passphrase):
+    """Run full PBKDF2 key derivation and AES unwrap, returning
+    (success, passphrase_key) so the derived key can be exported."""
+    passphrase_round1 = pbkdf2_hmac(
+        "sha256", passphrase, keybag.attrs[b"DPSL"], keybag.attrs[b"DPIC"], 32
+    )
+    passphrase_key = pbkdf2_hmac(
+        "sha1", passphrase_round1, keybag.attrs[b"SALT"], keybag.attrs[b"ITER"], 32
+    )
+    WRAP_PASSPHRASE = 2
+    for classkey in keybag.classKeys.values():
+        if b"WPKY" not in classkey:
+            continue
+        if classkey[b"WRAP"] & WRAP_PASSPHRASE:
+            k = google_iphone_dataprotection._AESUnwrap(
+                passphrase_key, classkey[b"WPKY"]
+            )
+            if not k:
+                return False, None
+            classkey[b"KEY"] = k
+    return True, passphrase_key
+
 
 class DecryptBackup:
     """This class provides functions to decrypt an encrypted iTunes backup
@@ -26,19 +187,68 @@ class DecryptBackup:
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, backup_path: str, dest_path: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        backup_path: str,
+        dest_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        max_workers: int = DEFAULT_DECRYPT_WORKERS,
+    ) -> None:
         """Decrypts an encrypted iOS backup.
         :param backup_path: Path to the encrypted backup folder
         :param dest_path: Path to the folder where to store the decrypted backup
         """
         self.backup_path = os.path.abspath(backup_path)
         self.dest_path = dest_path
-        self._backup = None
-        self._decryption_key = None
+        if not 1 <= max_workers <= MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS:
+            raise ValueError(f"max_workers must be between 1 and {MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS}")
+        self.max_workers = max_workers
+        self._backup: Optional[MVTEncryptedBackup] = None
+        self._decryption_key: Optional[str] = None
 
     def can_process(self) -> bool:
         return self._backup is not None
 
+    def _process_file(
+        self,
+        *,
+        file_id: str,
+        file_bplist: bytes,
+        output_path: Path,
+        relative_path: str,
+        domain: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        assert self._backup is not None
+        self._backup.extract_file_by_id(
+            file_id=file_id,
+            file_bplist=file_bplist,
+            output_filename=str(output_path),
+        )
+        log.info(
+            "Decrypted file %s [%s] to %s/%s",
+            relative_path,
+            domain,
+            output_path.parent,
+            file_id,
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _wait_for_files(
+        pending: dict[Future[None], str], *, all_files: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        if not pending:
+            return
+
+        done, _ = wait(
+            pending,
+            return_when=ALL_COMPLETED if all_files else FIRST_COMPLETED,
+        )
+        for future in done:
+            relative_path = pending.pop(future)
+            try:
+                future.result()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                log.error("Failed to decrypt file %s: %s", relative_path, exc)
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_encrypted(backup_path: str) -> bool:
         """Query Manifest.db file to see if it's encrypted or not.
@@ -58,21 +268,6 @@ class DecryptBackup:
         finally:
             conn.close()
 
-    def _process_file(
-        self, relative_path: str, domain: str, item, file_id: str, item_folder: str
-    ) -> None:
-        assert self._backup is not None
-        self._backup.getFileDecryptedCopy(
-            manifestEntry=item, targetName=file_id, targetFolder=item_folder
-        )
-        log.info(
-            "Decrypted file %s [%s] to %s/%s",
-            relative_path,
-            domain,
-            item_folder,
-            file_id,
-        )
-
     def process_backup(self) -> None:
         assert self._backup is not None
         assert self.dest_path is not None
@@ -81,53 +276,71 @@ class DecryptBackup:
             os.makedirs(self.dest_path)
 
         manifest_path = os.path.join(self.dest_path, "Manifest.db")
-        # We extract a decrypted Manifest.db.
-        self._backup.getManifestDB()
-        # We store it to the destination folder.
-        shutil.copy(self._backup.manifestDB, manifest_path)
+        # Extract a decrypted Manifest.db to the destination folder.
+        self._backup.save_manifest_file(output_filename=manifest_path)
 
-        pool = multiprocessing.Pool(multiprocessing.cpu_count())
-
-        for item in self._backup.getBackupFilesList():
-            try:
-                file_id = item["backupFile"]
-                relative_path = item["relativePath"]
-                domain = item["domain"]
-
-                # This may be a partial backup. Skip files from the manifest
-                # which do not exist locally.
-                source_file_path = os.path.join(self.backup_path, file_id[0:2], file_id)
-                if not Path(source_file_path).resolve().is_relative_to(Path(self.backup_path).resolve()):
-                    log.warning("Skipping unsafe file_id: %r", file_id)
-                    continue
-                if not os.path.exists(source_file_path):
-                    log.debug(
-                        "Skipping file %s. File not found in encrypted backup directory.",
-                        source_file_path,
-                    )
-                    continue
-
-                item_folder = os.path.join(self.dest_path, file_id[0:2])  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                if not Path(os.path.join(item_folder, file_id)).resolve().is_relative_to(Path(self.dest_path).resolve()):
-                    log.warning("Skipping unsafe file_id: %r", file_id)
-                    continue
-                if not os.path.exists(item_folder):
-                    os.makedirs(item_folder)
-
-                # iOSBackup getFileDecryptedCopy() claims to read a "file"
-                # parameter but the code actually is reading the "manifest" key.
-                # Add manifest plist to both keys to handle this.
-                item["manifest"] = item["file"]
-
-                pool.apply_async(
-                    self._process_file,
-                    args=(relative_path, domain, item, file_id, item_folder),
+        # Iterate over all files in the backup and decrypt them,
+        # preserving the XX/file_id directory structure that downstream
+        # modules expect.
+        backup_root = Path(self.backup_path).resolve()
+        dest_root = Path(self.dest_path).resolve()
+        pending: dict[Future[None], str] = {}
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.max_workers) as executor:
+            with self._backup.manifest_db_cursor() as cur:
+                cur.execute(
+                    "SELECT fileID, domain, relativePath, file FROM Files WHERE flags=1"
                 )
-            except Exception as exc:
-                log.error("Failed to decrypt file %s: %s", relative_path, exc)
+                for file_id, domain, relative_path, file_bplist in cur:
+                    # This may be a partial backup. Skip files from the manifest
+                    # which do not exist locally.
+                    source_file_path = backup_root / file_id[:2] / file_id
+                    if not source_file_path.resolve().is_relative_to(backup_root):
+                        log.warning("Skipping unsafe file_id: %r", file_id)
+                        continue
+                    if not os.path.exists(source_file_path):
+                        log.debug(
+                            "Skipping file %s. File not found in encrypted "
+                            "backup directory.",
+                            source_file_path,
+                        )
+                        continue
 
-        pool.close()
-        pool.join()
+                    output_path = dest_root / file_id[:2] / file_id
+                    if not output_path.resolve().is_relative_to(dest_root):
+                        log.warning("Skipping unsafe file_id: %r", file_id)
+                        continue
+                    output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+                    if self.max_workers == 1:
+                        try:
+                            self._process_file(
+                                file_id=file_id,
+                                file_bplist=file_bplist,
+                                output_path=output_path,
+                                relative_path=relative_path,
+                                domain=domain,
+                            )
+                        except Exception as exc:
+                            log.error(
+                                "Failed to decrypt file %s: %s",
+                                relative_path,
+                                exc,
+                            )
+                        continue
+
+                    future = executor.submit(
+                        self._process_file,
+                        file_id=file_id,
+                        file_bplist=file_bplist,
+                        output_path=output_path,
+                        relative_path=relative_path,
+                        domain=domain,
+                    )
+                    pending[future] = relative_path
+                    if len(pending) >= self.max_workers:
+                        self._wait_for_files(pending)
+
+            self._wait_for_files(pending, all_files=True)
 
         # Copying over the root plist files as well.
         for file_name in os.listdir(self.backup_path):
@@ -168,20 +381,23 @@ class DecryptBackup:
             return
 
         try:
-            self._backup = iOSbackup(
-                udid=os.path.basename(self.backup_path),
-                cleartextpassword=password,
-                backuproot=os.path.dirname(self.backup_path),
+            self._backup = MVTEncryptedBackup(
+                backup_directory=self.backup_path,
+                passphrase=password,
             )
+            # Eagerly trigger keybag unlock so wrong-password errors
+            # surface here rather than later during process_backup().
+            self._backup.test_decryption()
         except Exception as exc:
+            self._backup = None
             if (
-                isinstance(exc, KeyError)
-                and len(exc.args) > 0
-                and exc.args[0] == b"KEY"
+                isinstance(exc, ValueError)
+                and "passphrase" in str(exc).lower()
             ):
                 log.critical("Failed to decrypt backup. Password is probably wrong.")
             elif (
                 isinstance(exc, FileNotFoundError)
+                and hasattr(exc, "filename")
                 and os.path.basename(exc.filename) == "Manifest.plist"
             ):
                 log.critical(
@@ -224,12 +440,14 @@ class DecryptBackup:
 
         try:
             key_bytes_raw = binascii.unhexlify(key_bytes)
-            self._backup = iOSbackup(
-                udid=os.path.basename(self.backup_path),
-                derivedkey=key_bytes_raw,
-                backuproot=os.path.dirname(self.backup_path),
+            self._backup = MVTEncryptedBackup(
+                backup_directory=self.backup_path,
+                derived_key=key_bytes_raw,
             )
+            # Eagerly trigger keybag unlock so wrong-key errors surface here.
+            self._backup.test_decryption()
         except Exception as exc:
+            self._backup = None
             log.exception(exc)
             log.critical(
                 "Failed to decrypt backup. Did you provide the correct key file?"
@@ -240,7 +458,7 @@ class DecryptBackup:
         if not self._backup:
             return
 
-        self._decryption_key = self._backup.getDecryptionKey()
+        self._decryption_key = self._backup.get_decryption_key()
         log.info(
             'Derived decryption key for backup at path %s is: "%s"',
             self.backup_path,

src/mvt/ios/decrypt_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+"""Configuration shared by the iOS CLI and backup decryption implementation."""
+
+DEFAULT_DECRYPT_WORKERS = 4
+MAX_DECRYPT_WORKERS = 32

src/mvt/ios/modules/backup/__init__.py

@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .backup_info import BackupInfo
 from .configuration_profiles import ConfigurationProfiles
 from .manifest import Manifest
 from .profile_events import ProfileEvents
 
-BACKUP_MODULES = [BackupInfo, ConfigurationProfiles, Manifest, ProfileEvents]
+BACKUP_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
+    BackupInfo,
+    ConfigurationProfiles,
+    Manifest,
+    ProfileEvents,
+]

src/mvt/ios/modules/backup/configuration_profiles.py

@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ class ConfigurationProfiles(IOSExtraction):
                 if ioc_match:
                     warning_message = f'Found a known malicious configuration profile "{result["plist"]["PayloadDisplayName"]}" with UUID "{result["plist"]["PayloadUUID"]}"'
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        warning_message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        warning_message,
+                        result.get("install_date") or "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
@@ -82,7 +85,9 @@ class ConfigurationProfiles(IOSExtraction):
                 # to hide notifications.
                 if payload_content["PayloadType"] in ["com.apple.notificationsettings"]:
                     warning_message = f'Found a potentially suspicious configuration profile "{result["plist"]["PayloadDisplayName"]}" with payload type {payload_content["PayloadType"]}'
-                    self.alertstore.medium(warning_message, "", result)
+                    self.alertstore.medium(
+                        warning_message, result.get("install_date") or "", result
+                    )
                     continue
 
     @staticmethod

src/mvt/ios/modules/backup/manifest.py

@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ class Manifest(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_path("/" + result["relative_path"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.high(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("modified") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ class Manifest(IOSExtraction):
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.high(
                         f'Found mention of domain "{ioc_match.ioc.value}" in a backup file with path: {rel_path}',
-                        "",
+                        result.get("modified") or "",
                         result,
                         matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )

src/mvt/ios/modules/backup/profile_events.py

@@ -67,14 +67,20 @@ class ProfileEvents(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_process(result.get("process") or "")
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_profile(result.get("profile_id") or "")
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("timestamp") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
     @staticmethod

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .analytics import Analytics
 from .analytics_ios_versions import AnalyticsIOSVersions
 from .cache_files import CacheFiles
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ from .webkit_indexeddb import WebkitIndexedDB
 from .webkit_localstorage import WebkitLocalStorage
 from .webkit_safariviewservice import WebkitSafariViewService
 
-FS_MODULES = [
+FS_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
     CacheFiles,
     Filesystem,
     Netusage,

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/analytics.py

@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ class Analytics(IOSExtraction):
                     warning_message = f'Found mention of a malicious process "{value}" in {result["artifact"]} file at {result["isodate"]}'
                     new_result = copy.copy(result)
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        warning_message, "", new_result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        warning_message,
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
+                        new_result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ class Analytics(IOSExtraction):
                     new_result = copy.copy(result)
                     self.alertstore.critical(
                         ioc_match.message,
-                        "",
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
                         new_result,
                         matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/filesystem.py

@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ class Filesystem(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_path(result["path"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.high(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("modified") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
             # If we are instructed to run fast, we skip the rest.
@@ -69,7 +72,10 @@ class Filesystem(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_path_process(result["path"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.high(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("modified") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
     def run(self) -> None:

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/safari_favicon.py

@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ class SafariFavicon(IOSExtraction):
 
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("isodate") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
 
     def _process_favicon_db(self, file_path):

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/shutdownlog.py

@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ class ShutdownLog(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_file_path(result["client"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("isodate") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ class ShutdownLog(IOSExtraction):
                 if ioc.value in parts:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
                         f'Found mention of a known malicious process "{ioc.value}" in shutdown.log',
-                        "",
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
                         result,
                         matched_indicator=ioc,
                     )

src/mvt/ios/modules/fs/webkit_base.py

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ class WebkitBase(IOSExtraction):
             ioc_match = self.indicators.check_url(result["url"])
             if ioc_match:
                 self.alertstore.critical(
-                    ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                    ioc_match.message,
+                    result.get("isodate") or "",
+                    result,
+                    matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                 )
                 continue
 

src/mvt/ios/modules/mixed/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .applications import Applications
 from .calendar import Calendar
 from .calls import Calls
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ from .webkit_session_resource_log import WebkitSessionResourceLog
 from .whatsapp import Whatsapp
 from .whatsapp_contacts import WhatsappContacts
 
-MIXED_MODULES = [
+MIXED_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [
     Calls,
     ChromeFavicon,
     ChromeHistory,

src/mvt/ios/modules/mixed/applications.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Applications(IOSExtraction):
                 if "softwareVersionBundleId" not in result:
                     self.alertstore.medium(
                         "Suspicious application identified without softwareVersionBundleId",
-                        "",
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
                         result,
                     )
                     continue
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Applications(IOSExtraction):
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
                         f"Malicious application {result['softwareVersionBundleId']} identified",
-                        "",
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
                         result,
                         matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Applications(IOSExtraction):
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
                         f"Malicious application {result['softwareVersionBundleId']} identified",
-                        "",
+                        result.get("isodate") or "",
                         result,
                         matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class Applications(IOSExtraction):
             ):
                 self.alertstore.medium(
                     f"Suspicious app not installed from the App Store or MDM: {result['softwareVersionBundleId']}",
-                    "",
+                    result.get("isodate") or "",
                     result,
                 )
 

src/mvt/ios/modules/mixed/calendar.py

@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ class Calendar(IOSExtraction):
                 ioc_match = self.indicators.check_email(result["participant_email"])
                 if ioc_match:
                     self.alertstore.critical(
-                        ioc_match.message, "", result, matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc
+                        ioc_match.message,
+                        result.get("start_date") or "",
+                        result,
+                        matched_indicator=ioc_match.ioc,
                     )
                     continue
 
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ class Calendar(IOSExtraction):
             if result["summary"] == "Meeting" and result["description"] == "Notes":
                 self.alertstore.high(
                     f"Potential Quadream exploit event identified: {result['uuid']}",
-                    "",
+                    result.get("start_date") or "",
                     result,
                 )