Chromium Favicons
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Evidence: Chromium Favicons
Description: Collect Chromium Favicons
Category: Applications
Platform: linux
Short Name: chfico
Is Parsed: Yes
Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes
Collect File(s): No
Background
Section titled “Background”Browser favicons are cached website icons that provide visual history of visited sites. This data supplements browsing history by revealing sites accessed even if history was deleted.
Data Collected
Section titled “Data Collected”This collector gathers structured data about chromium favicons.
Collection Method
Section titled “Collection Method”This collector queries the browser’s Favicons database to extract cached website icons and associated URLs.
Forensic Value
Section titled “Forensic Value”Favicon analysis can recover evidence of deleted browsing history, identify visited sites through icon fingerprinting, and correlate with other browser artifacts to establish comprehensive activity timelines.