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Detection Strategies DET0037 — Detect Suspicious Access to Browser Credential Stores
DET0037

Detect Suspicious Access to Browser Credential Stores

3 analytic(s) · 1 technique(s) detected

Analytics

3
AN0105 Analytic 0105
Windows

Detects unauthorized access to web browser credential stores (e.g., Chrome Login Data, Edge Credential Locker) by processes other than the browser itself. Correlates file reads of credential databases with subsequent API calls to `CryptUnprotectData` or memory inspection attempts.

WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4663, 4670, 4656 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=10 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1
[MonitoredPaths] Browser-specific credential storage paths such as Chrome Login Data, IE Credential Locker
[TimeWindow] Correlation window between file read and process memory/API access
AN0106 Analytic 0106
Linux

Detects attempts to access browser credential stores (e.g., Firefox `logins.json`, Chrome SQLite DB) or processes (e.g., gnome-keyring-daemon). Observes unauthorized file reads and memory inspection of browser processes using ptrace or gdb.

auditd:FILE /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/logins.json OR /home/*/.config/google-chrome/*/Login Data auditd:SYSCALL ptrace attach
[BrowserCredentialFiles] Paths of web browser credential databases to monitor
[AllowedDebuggers] List of expected debugging tools for dev/test environments
AN0107 Analytic 0107
macOS

Detects abnormal access to Safari credential stores (Keychain-backed) or Chrome/Firefox login databases. Observes processes executing `security dump-keychain` or directly reading credential files in `~/Library/Application Support`. Correlates file access with suspicious process ancestry or unsigned binaries.

macos:unifiedlog execution of security, sqlite3, or unauthorized binaries macos:unifiedlog ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/*/Login Data OR ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/*/logins.json
[PrivilegedUsers] Expected user context authorized to unlock Keychain or browser databases
[TimeWindow] Correlation window for process execution and credential file access

Detected Techniques

1

Details

MITRE ID
DET0037
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--90123c20-ff3d-4034-9a5f-905444bb0311
Analytics
3
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Credential Access
1
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