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Detection Strategies DET0013 — Detection of Local Browser Artifact Access for Reconnaissance
DET0013

Detection of Local Browser Artifact Access for Reconnaissance

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

Analytics

3
AN0037 Analytic 0037
Windows

Access to browser artifact locations (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Firefox) by processes like PowerShell, cmd.exe, or unknown tools, followed by file reads, decoding, or export operations indicating enumeration of bookmarks, autofill, or history databases.

WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=1 WinEventLog:Sysmon EventCode=11 WinEventLog:PowerShell EventCode=4103, 4104, 4105, 4106
[TargetPathRegex] Location of browser data folders like %APPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data or %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox
[ParentProcess] Used to exclude known browser maintenance or backup processes
[ScriptBlockPattern] Used to detect suspicious PowerShell commands targeting browser data
AN0038 Analytic 0038
Linux

Unauthorized shell or script-based access to browser config or SQLite history files, typically in ~/.config/google-chrome/, ~/.mozilla/, or ~/.var/app folders, indicating enumeration of bookmarks or saved credentials.

auditd:SYSCALL open, read, or stat of browser config files linux:syslog Suspicious script or command execution targeting browser folders
[BrowserProfilePath] User-specific browser data folders, e.g., ~/.config/chromium/Default/History
[ShellRegex] Shell pattern detecting suspicious access to .sqlite or .json files
AN0039 Analytic 0039
macOS

Scripting or CLI tool access to ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome or ~/Library/Safari bookmarks, cookies, or history databases. Detection relies on unexpected processes accessing or reading from these locations.

macos:unifiedlog Access to ~/Library/*/Safari or Chrome directories by non-browser processes macos:osquery process reading browser configuration paths
[BrowserDBPath] System-specific paths to browser databases in user Library folders
[NonBrowserProcessList] Processes not expected to touch browser DBs (e.g., curl, bash, python)

Detected Techniques

1

Details

MITRE ID
DET0013
STIX ID
x-mitre-detection-strategy--3e5e2bda-40c0-4aea-90f1-8fc52096ad5e
Analytics
3
Techniques Detected
1
By Tactic
Discovery
1
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