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extracting-browser-history-artifacts
Extracts and analyzes browser history, cookies, cache, downloads, and bookmarks from Chrome, Firefox, and Edge using sqlite3, DB Browser for SQLite, Hindsight, and NirSoft tools (BrowsingHistoryView, ChromeCacheView, MZCacheView). Use when performing digital forensics or incident response on a disk image or live system and you need timeline evidence of a user's web activity.
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# Extracting Browser History Artifacts
## When to Use
- When investigating user web activity as part of a forensic examination
- During insider threat investigations to establish patterns of data exfiltration
- When tracing user visits to malicious or policy-violating websites
- For correlating browser activity with other forensic artifacts and timelines
- When investigating phishing attacks to identify which links were clicked
## Prerequisites
- Forensic image or access to user profile directories
- SQLite3 for querying browser databases
- Hindsight, BrowsingHistoryView, or DB Browser for SQLite
- Knowledge of browser artifact file locations per OS