Browser Forensics: Google Chrome

Introduction

Browsers have become an inherent part of our virtual life and we all make use of browsers for surfing the internet in some or the other way. Also, browsers can be used not only for surfing, we can make use of browsers for navigating through the file system of the OS.

You might have observed by default browsers store data like search queries, username, password, form data, emails, credit card data and other sensitive information. Also, browsers do contain downloaded media like Images, Videos, Exe’s, documents etc. Bookmarks and browser history gives an idea of the user’s surfing habit and interest.

You might have realised the browser stores a lot of sensitive information about the user and its surfing habit. Thus they play a very important role in forensics due to the nature and amount of data they store with them.

Why Browser Forensics

With the help of Browser Forensics and with the assistance of forensics tools one can extract sensitive data and chosen keywords from most web browsers. One can retrieve deleted data and keywords, check whether history was cleared, retrieve artifacts like Cookies, Downloads data, History, Saved Password, websites visited etc. Also, Browser Forensics helps a lot to understand how an attack on a system was conducted, helping in finding the source of Malwares/Adwares/Spywares, Malicious Emails and Phishing Websites etc.

There are many web browsers available like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE, Opera etc. depending upon the platform being used. In this post, we will be learning about how to conduct forensics for Google Chrome Browser.

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Chrome

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers of all the browsers available. It runs on all platforms and has been developed by google.

Few salient features offered by chrome –  

1)  Can be integrated with all google services

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